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SA Live: Sorting Through Texas School Choices Under TEFA

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SA Live: Sorting Through Texas School Choices Under TEFA

San Antonio's SA Live asks Head of School Karissa Ham how Texas families should sort through a suddenly crowded field of school choices under TEFA. Her three questions for any school: how much teacher access students get, what supports exist for exceptional learners, and how much visibility parents have into the school day.

Inside the AI-Powered Novatio School, Rethinking What a School Day Can Look Like

Houston Life on KPRC 2 welcomes Head of School Karissa Ham to explain what an AI-powered school actually looks like: live teachers with students all day, a fully personalized plan built from each student's assessments, and TEFA covering tuition for Texas families. "We are not a chatbot school."

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From Lessons to Goals, a Clearer View of Virtual School

The AZ Insider covers the portal that gives Novatio School families a real-time view of lessons, goals and assessment progress instead of a report card weeks later. Head of School Karissa Ham: "AI can help us spot patterns and suggest a next step, but it does not make decisions about students."