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Why AI Alone Won’t Fix Education—MacKenzie Price Explains the Missing Ingredient

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MacKenzie Price is a Stanford grad, mom of two, and the Co-Founder of 2 Hour Learning - a revolutionary learning platform that harnesses the power of AI to give kids a 1:1 personalized learning experience. Her students excel in academics while spending most of their day learning life skills that set them up for future success. She founded the first Alpha School ten years ago in Austin, Texas and now has eight schools, with others opening in the fall.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why motivation is the missing key in EdTech.
How AI enables personalized, mastery-based learning.
The new role of teachers as motivational guides.
How to build life skills alongside academics.
What’s next for AI in education—and why it’s exciting.

✨ Episode Highlights:

[00:03:19] MacKenzie on Founding Alpha Schools to create a better model for her own children.
[00:06:36] Why tech alone can’t drive student success without human connection.
[00:12:54] How Alpha Schools deliver two hours of academics and a full day of life skills.
[00:21:56] Teachers become motivational coaches, not just content experts.
[00:28:11] The power of AI to connect learning with students’ passions.
[00:38:05] Rethinking assessments: AI makes feedback immediate and actionable.

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Chapters

1. Why AI Alone Won’t Fix Education—MacKenzie Price Explains the Missing Ingredient (00:00:00)

2. MacKenzie on Founding Alpha Schools to create a better model for her own children. (00:03:50)

3. Why tech alone can’t drive student success without human connection. (00:07:07)

4. How Alpha Schools deliver two hours of academics and a full day of life skills. (00:13:25)

5. Teachers become motivational coaches, not just content experts. (00:22:27)

6. The power of AI to connect learning with students’ passions. (00:29:05)

7. Rethinking assessments: AI makes feedback immediate and actionable. (00:38:59)

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