AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Silicon Valley parents abandon traditional classrooms for AI-driven homeschooling as nationwide trend accelerates
Tech-industry families in San Francisco are pulling their children out of traditional schools and building AI-powered home curricula, part of a nationwide homeschooling surge that has doubled since 2019. In the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, 32-year-old Mrugesha Sathappan starts her children's school day with a 20-minute phonics or math session built by artificial […] The post Silicon Valley parents abandon traditional classrooms for AI-driven homeschooling as nationwide trend accelerates appeared first on American Almanac .
Tech-industry families in San Francisco are pulling their children out of traditional schools and building AI-powered home curricula, part of a nationwide homeschooling surge that has doubled since 2019. In the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, 32-year-old Mrugesha Sathappan starts her children's school day with a 20-minute phonics or math session built by artificial intelligence. After that, her preschool and elementary-aged kids head out on field trips she and her husband design around whatever subject has captured their attention that week. Lately, it has been rockets. Her husband Kartik, a 34-year-old investor, bought their son a rocket kit that can reach 500 feet. No permission slip required. The Sathappans are not religious…Open
