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Best New Private Schools in Miami: Alpha’s Revolutionary Model and Why Families Are Flocking Here

In this episode of Better Decisions, I sit down with Mackenzie Price—Stanford-trained psychologist, co-founder of Alpha Schools and the two hour learning AI tutor platform. After launching in Austin and expanding nationwide, Mackenzie has now brought Alpha’s radically different, data-backed model to Miami as the city’s newest high-performance private school option.

We break down what makes Alpha so different from traditional Miami private schools: an AI-based learning model where students crush core academics in just two hours a day, then spend the rest of the school day in roughly six hours of real-life skill building—entrepreneurship, communication, grit, leadership, and social-emotional development.

⏱️ Episode Chapters

• 0:00 – Teaser
• 1:00 – Welcome
• 2:04 – Meet Mackenzie Price & Alpha’s origin story
• 3:04 – What Alpha School actually is
• 6:37 – Rethinking what parents should expect from private school
• 09:54 – The AI-based learning model explained
• 10:41 – What a full school day looks like at Alpha
• 16:02 – Why most kids are years behind despite “good” grades
• 19:11 – Six hours of real-life skill building
• 22:14 – Emotional development, anxiety, and the role of guides vs teachers
• 25:03 – Social skills, play, and the “Mean Girls cafeteria” workshop
• 27:40 – Sports, physical challenges & building grit through the body
• 30:26 – Who Alpha is right for—and who it’s not
• 33:02 – Mackenzie’s own kids’ journey
• 36:17 – Real student stories
• 41:00 – Parents’ biggest fears about AI in school
• 44:38 – Miami's overcrowded schools, migration & demand for alternatives
• 47:21 – Alpha Miami’s growth today & long-term campus vision
• 51:09 – Preparing kids for an AI future
• 55:02 – Shadow days, founding families & what to do before you visit
• 58:10 – Closing thoughts

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👤 About Mackenzie Price

Mackenzie Price is a Stanford-trained psychologist and co-founder of Alpha Schools and the two hour learning AI tutor platform. Since opening the first Alpha campus in 2014, she’s helped build one of the most talked-about school models in the country—combining AI-based learning, mastery-level academics, and intensive life-skills development. Mackenzie now leads Alpha’s expansion into Miami, giving local families a future-focused alternative to traditional private school.

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