For the last three years, the most common DM in my inbox has been some version of: “MacKenzie, I want to enroll my kids in Alpha, but there’s not an Alpha School in my city. How do I get access to the academic platform?”
Today, I finally have an answer for you.
Alpha Anywhere is now available worldwide.
Anyone, anywhere in the world, can now get Alpha’s academics at their kitchen table.
In this week’s podcast episode, I sat down with Joe Marone, CEO of Alpha Anywhere, to discuss who this program is for and what it looks like in practice.
Here’s a sneak peek.
5 things you should know about Alpha Anywhere
- Alpha Anywhere is the exact same academics as Alpha School. Here’s the bottom line: Alpha Anywhere is enabling families to have a homeschool curriculum where they’re getting the academics that Alpha School is known for. Kids are learning twice as much. They’re doing their core academics in a two-hour period. They’re working with the same AI-powered adaptive apps. Most importantly, they’re getting their time back. They’re able to bring their academics anywhere they go, whether that be at home as true homeschoolers, as families traveling around the world, or as families moving from city to city on a regular basis.
- And the results are just as good. We guarantee your kid will learn 2x as much at Alpha, but often, kids exceed that. Alpha Anywhere is the same. There are plenty of stories that Marone describes as “tough to imagine hearing anywhere else.” One student at Alpha Anywhere is in the 5-6x range. He spends his afternoons competing in youth golf tournaments. This is changing the game for what school can be for kids.
- Homeschooling just got the upgrade of the century. To say that “homeschooling is hard” is a massive understatement. You have to cobble together a curriculum: from other homeschooling families, internet searches, books, your favorite middle school teacher. And you’re constantly asking yourself, “Is this even working?” By the time you’ve got it figured out for one grade, your kid has aged into the next one. And you have to start all over. Alpha Anywhere changes this. Instead of becoming an academic instructor, you get to be the motivating champion for your kids. The academic part is taken off your hands. (I literally started Alpha School because I knew I couldn’t be a homeschool mom. So, shout-out homeschooling parents. You guys are amazing. This one’s for you.)
- Top 1% academics, on the go. Maybe you’re not looking to become a traditional, at-the-kitchen-table homeschool family. Maybe you spend summer in one part of the world and winter in another. Maybe you’re constantly traveling for your kid’s competitive sport, or your spouse’s demanding job. Whatever it is, you can now give your kid top 1% academics wherever you go.
- Remember: motivation is still the engine of learning. Learning is 10% edtech and 90% motivation. You can now have Alpha’s edtech in your home, but what about the motivational model? Marone explains how they’ve imported the motivational architecture of Alpha into the platform: Alpha Coins, mastery rewards, streaks, visible progress dashboards. Parents are also strongly encouraged to get involved. For example, mom and dad can layer their own bonuses and penalties into the system. Made the bed every day? Coins. Didn’t walk the dog? Penalty. You can tweak this to whatever works for your family. The idea is that school is now woven into the rhythm of your home.
No matter your zip code, you can now give your kid an Alpha education. It’s the same mastery standards, the same Alpha Coins, the same TimeBack model that produces top 1% outcomes in our physical schools.
What’s most exciting about Alpha Anywhere is that it proves your kid’s academic experience is not beholden to sitting in a classroom with a teacher leading the way. It gives kids the agency to become truly self-driven learners.
Listen to my full conversation with Alpha Anywhere’s CEO right here. And if you know any homeschool parents, make sure to send this to them ASAP.
