The AI Charter School for Arizona
A new school in Charter in Arizona which aims to use AI in education is open to registration, but the idea is not without controversy. According to Steve Nielsen from Fox 10.
PHOENIX – For some, the future is there, because Arizona officials have approved a new school in a charter that uses artificial intelligence.
What to know:
During a meeting of December 2025 for the Arizona State Board for schools in Charter, the members approved Uncond Academy, an online charter school that teaches with AI.
“Our teachers are still playing a large part of the teaching role, but they do not teach academic concepts because we know that it is something that AI can do very well,” said Ivy Xu with school.
XU said that it had tested the teaching method on hundreds of students in Texas, and that the school day is short because AI is so effective in adapting education to each student.
“Because everything is personalized for the student, learning for basic academics is only 2 to 2.5 hours a day,” said XU.
After the two -hour school day, children will be immersed in the life skills program concerning what the child wants to learn.
“As much to children the opportunity to learn things that, generally, people are not lucky to try to learn until they work, once they have graduated,” said Kristin Mann.
Class size, according to XU, will be equivalent to public schools. For the moment, the school is only from 4th to 8th year. The registration is capped at a few hundred children for the next school year.
IA teaching not without controversy
AI teaching was a rather controversial question.
The other side:
Officials of the largest teachers' union in the country said IA could improve education. However, they are concerned about the location of technology currently, adding that humans “must always be the center of teaching and learning experience, and playing an important role.”
We asked XU if there will be teachers involved in this type of learning.
What Xu said:
“There will be teachers, and we are hiring for certified teachers in Arizona, as well as equally certified teachers,” said XU.
The members of the Charter School Board of Directors also asked the managers of the new school to the confidentiality of students' data.
“How do you keep it safe?” A member of the board of directors asked. “What is your safety component for each student?”
“We are obviously making sure to respond to all federal mandates, in terms of ferpa and privacy,” replied a school official.
What is the next step:
School officials have launched a separate AI school which will be in double language.
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