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Alpha School Is Growing Fast. The Evidence for AI Tutors Isn't.
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NeuralClass Editorial
News, tutorials, research, tools, and opinion on AI for educators.
A Penn State review of the research finds no evidence AI tutors outperform human teachers, even as tuition-funded AI schools expand rapidly.
A new RAND report shows AI homework use jumped to 62% of students by late 2025. More striking: 67% believe it is harming their critical thinking. What should schools do?
A new Frontiers in Education study examines how AI affected academic performance and social competence among undergraduate EFL learners. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that AI can support language learning, but only when educators stay attentive to interaction quality, transfer, and over-reliance.
A Stanford review of more than 800 AI-in-education studies found that only a small share met strong causal standards. The message for schools is clear: promising classroom tools still need closer scrutiny, especially when vendors make broad claims about achievement, engagement, or critical thinking.
A new RAND report finds student AI use rose sharply in 2025, but so did anxiety about what that dependence may be doing to thinking skills and school norms.