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Tech billionaires sank $170 million into a new kind of school — now classrooms are shrinking and some parents say their kids are ‘guinea pigs’

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  • A new kind of school crafted by the minds and wallets of Silicon Valley influencers is struggling to keep parents happy and students in seats.
  • AltSchool shuttered more than half of the schools it’s opened since 2013.
  • Parents of former and current students at AltSchool told Business Insider the startup treats their children like “guinea pigs.”

It says it in the name: AltSchool. And it set out to be a different kind of school.

Max Ventilla, a Google executive who left the search giant to launch AltSchool in 2013, wooed parents with his vision to bring traditional models of elementary education into the read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com