Surveillance-for-Performance Schooling

Alpha’s model reportedly uses vision monitoring and personal data capture alongside AI tutors to drive mastery-level performance in two hours, then frees students for interest-driven workshops. A major tech investor plans to scale this globally via sub-$1,000 tablets, potentially minting 'education billionaires.' The core tradeoff is extraordinary gains versus pervasive classroom surveillance. — It forces a public decision on whether dramatic learning gains justify embedding surveillance architectures in K‑12 schooling and privatizing the stack that runs it.