The Ledger
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Liemandt: Alpha 3rd and 4th Graders Outscore 50% of US High School Grads
“We have third and fourth graders who outscore 50% of the high school graduates in this country.”
Liemandt: Alpha School Ranks in Top 1% Nationally Across All Classes
“And so our academic performance, we're the best performing academic school in the country. We're, you know, all our classes now are, you know, are top one percent.”
Liemandt: Core academics are the easiest part of schooling to fix
“Academically, it's actually funny, because school's a bundle, and actually the easiest and cheapest things to fix is actually the academics, right? Because that's tech-driven. Versus the rest of the day is all very human driven.”
Liemandt: Withdrawing $1 billion in cash to fund education reform
“Well, I'm taking a billion dollars cash out of the company so I can fund.”
Liemandt: Alpha School will reduce global per-student education costs below $1,000
“And so, and that is our target goal. We're absolutely going to get there. It's not going to be tomorrow, but I, I'm in this for the next 20 years.”
Liemandt: 1,000+ Ukrainian refugees learn as fast as $40k private school kids
“We have over a thousand Ukrainian refugees right on this system. And you're learning as fast as our 40,000 dollar private school.”
Liemandt: Alpha Moves Bottom-Quartile Students to Top 25% in Two Years
“We can take kids from the bottom 25% and get them to the top 25% in two years.”
Lonsdale: New York State Bans Classroom AI Tools
“For example, New York State right now currently bans any use of AI and these things, so your apps actually are not allowed there as far as I understand.”
Liemandt: You Do Not Understand a Debate Unless You Can Steelman Both Sides
“How we measure that is, can you argue both sides of the debate? And no matter who you are, if you can't steal me on the other side, you don't understand the debate.”
Liemandt: 96% of Alpha Students Report Loving School
“At Alpha, we're up to, 96% of kids say they love school. 40 to 60% say, I'd rather go to school than go on vacation.”
Liemandt: Alpha School guides focus entirely on emotional and motivational support
“What they do is motivational and emotional support, right? They are either motivating this kid, they are getting to know this kid so well, so that they know what does matter. And then second, how do I support them through that struggle loop we talked about ear…”