One day last fall, Kristine Barrios’ 9-year-old daughter got stuck on a lesson in IXL, the personalized learning software that served as her math teacher. She had to multiply three three-digit numbers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ray Ravaglia covers education, focusing on technology and innovation. Alpha School divides the morning into four blocks of 30 ...

The 8:15 a.m. scene in front of the school that sits on a dusty, sun-soaked residential street in Brownsville, Texas, just across the border with Mexico, looks much like any other elementary or middle ...

Mom of 2, MacKenzie Price, is a Stanford-educated, tech-savvy entrepreneur who set out to reimagine education. She co-founded the Alpha School in Austin to redefine what “school” looks like, and ...