The Daily Schedule
How the 2-hour academic block works: AI-guided mastery learning in the morning, project workshops all afternoon.
Schedule Builder Tool
Design and compare daily school schedules. Start with Alpha School's model as a baseline, compare it to traditional and hybrid approaches, then customise your own schedule and see how the time breaks down.
Select a Schedule
Visual Timeline
Time Breakdown by Category
Custom Schedule Editor
Adjust each block's duration with the sliders. Total school day is 7 hours (420 minutes).
Time Allocation Calculator
Compare how different school models allocate instructional time. Adjust sliders to create your own distribution and see yearly projections.
Load Preset Values
Daily Hours by Category
Daily Distribution
Yearly Projections (180 school days)
Key Questions to Consider
Is 2 hours enough for deep learning? Alpha's claim rests on the idea that personalised AI instruction is so efficient that 2 hours outperforms 5.5 hours of whole-class teaching. What evidence would you need to see to be convinced?
What skills develop during project time that don't during direct instruction? Collaboration, persistence, creativity, and self-direction are difficult to teach explicitly. Does dedicating 4 hours to projects build these skills better than structured lessons?
What happens to students who need more structured support? Not every learner thrives with high autonomy. How does a schedule with 4 hours of project time accommodate students who need more scaffolding?
How do you measure outcomes beyond test scores? If project-based learning develops different skills than direct instruction, traditional assessments may not capture the full picture. What would a comprehensive evaluation look like?
Could your school adopt a hybrid approach? You don't have to choose between Alpha's model and traditional schooling. What would a schedule look like that takes the best ideas from each and fits your community's needs?
Key Insight
Alpha's schedule isn't just about efficiency — it represents a fundamentally different theory of learning. The claim is that AI-guided mastery in 2 hours achieves more than 5.5 hours of whole-class instruction because every minute is personalised: the AI identifies gaps, adjusts difficulty in real time, and never moves on until a concept is truly mastered. Whether that claim holds depends on what you measure and what you value. Standardised test scores may improve, but what about the social learning that happens in a classroom? The incidental discoveries of a teacher going off-script? The slow, messy process of learning to sit with difficulty? A schedule is never just a schedule — it's a statement about what a school believes learning is for.