Apps and AI can teach vocabulary and smooth an exchange, but proficiency depends on what someone can do when the script runs out.

A school run, a doctor’s visit, a budget fight in Congress. Small shifts in plans kept dozens of people out of the World Trade Center that morning.

Alpha School has AI tutor core subjects and afternoons devoted to life skills workshops as schools nationwide face historically low reading scores.

With a big redesign, will people still give their best? The answer depends on what you believe about your people.