Silicon Valley just bet $100 million on this tech-savvy school founded by a former Googler - here's what it's like to attend
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Ventilla should know: His previous job title was head of personalization at Google, where he helped build Google+ and other products that make the internet feel more personal.
His latest venture aims to transform the outdated, early-1900s model of elementary education for the Digital Age. Teachers share lesson plans across the school's online network, developed by a team of 50 technologists, and students complete tasks that are cherry-picked from this pool based on the learning strategies that work best for them.
We spent the day at AltSchool's Fort Mason location in San Francisco to see its revolutionary teaching style in action.
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