propublica.org/article/alpha-school-ai-texas-public-schools-mike-morath Texas’ Education Board Raised Questions About an AI Learning Tool. The State Then Helped Pilot It in Public Schools.
Texas's education commissioner kept pushing Alpha School's AI program into public classrooms even after the state board rejected the company's charter bid 10 to 3. Emails show he personally connected Alpha with Houston's superintendent and at least nine other districts, three of which launched pilots, while his agency denies any formal partnership.
— via ProPublica, Lexi Churchill
