Alpha School, a high-tech K-8 private institution backed by billionaire software entrepreneur Joe Liemandt, is launching a new campus in Miami Beach. With a $65,000 annual tuition, it outprices the area’s most elite schools, signaling how wealthy newcomers are reshaping South Florida’s education market. Located on a $19 million campus in Normandy Isle, the school features a unique learning model: students study core academics for two hours daily via AI tutors instead of traditional teachers.

Meanwhile, adult “guides” lead specialized workshops focused on entrepreneurship, public speaking, and financial literacy. Liemandt, who has pledged $1 billion to scale this AI platform globally, faces scrutiny as recent investigative reports question the school’s data security and academic standards. However, Alpha School has publicly disputed these concerns as it prepares for its August opening.

(source: MiamIHerald, picture: Igor Omilaev)