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Leakey ISD plans visit to Alpha AI campus as district explores individualized instruction pilot
Summary
Superintendent Chris Yeschke announced a Jan. 16 visit to an Alpha AI campus to consider a grant-funded pilot that could provide individualized, AI-driven instruction for Tier 3 math interventions; grant would cover initial spots and first semester.
Superintendent Chris Yeschke told the board the district had written a grant to support a pilot of Alpha AI, an instructional program that uses NWEA data and AI to build individualized lesson plans. He said the district scheduled a Jan. 16 visit to an Alpha AI campus in Brownsville and that the grant, if awarded, could provide up to 30 spots with the first semester free; typical tuition cited for an Alpha AI campus was described as $40,000 per campus in Austin and $2,000 per student per class for regular costs.
Yeschke described Alpha AI features: short daily fluency practice, 40-minute individualized lessons, use of NWEA benchmarking to target deficits, and a "twice average growth or no payment" money-back guarantee. The district plans to consider Alpha AI initially as a Tier 3 intervention tool for math remediation, pending further evaluation and funding availability.
