I am floored by the irony of Alpha School promoting “discovery learning,” if that information is accurate. For many years, I have responded to critics of discovery learning by stating that I knew of no educators actually doing it, and that it was a straw man used to support the idea of direct instruction being the one true form of teaching. To see some of those critics supporting Alpha School, which appears to be the first school I’ve seen actually doing discovery learning, is ironic indeed.