Two-hour learning? AI-powered Alpha School lands in Seattle region

Alpha School has leased space in this building in Kirkland for its first Seattle-area school. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Alpha School , an AI-driven private school chain that promises to teach kids core academics in two hours a day, plans to open a Seattle-area location in Kirkland this fall and will run its first local weekly summer programs on Microsoft’s Redmond campus starting in late June. The approach frees up the rest of the day for a program of life skills, projects, and other charac