Bay Area schools, camps and AI apps, checked by parents

I'm Tanya Cheng, a Bay Area parent and the founder of AIfunLab. I started it because the information I needed for my own family's school and program decisions was scattered, out of date, or written by the schools themselves. With our writers, all Bay Area parents, I cover what parents actually ask: what things really cost, what a normal day looks like, and which kids a program suits. We visit campuses when we can, talk to parents whose kids are enrolled, and put a date on every price we publish.

We start with what Bay Area parents are trying to figure out: private schools, after-school programs and camps, AI tools for kids, and the research behind screen-time rules. We focus on what's new, expensive, debated, or poorly covered elsewhere, and we skip what's already well explained. When something is hard to verify or may have changed, we say so. Our full standards, including how we check prices, are on our How We Choose page.

Ratings only tell part of the story. Parents also want to know what tuition really costs, what a school day looks like, and which children thrive there. We answer those questions, including for newer schools the big sites barely cover. When we looked at Alpha School's Palo Alto campus, it had no Niche entry and an unclaimed Yelp listing, so we went and found out ourselves. No paid placements and no algorithmic scores.

Schools, camps and app companies can pay for sponsored profiles, sidebar boxes and featured event listings. They're clearly labelled and sit outside our ranked guides, so payment buys visibility, not a better review or a higher ranking. Our editorial decisions are kept separate from those deals. The full policy is on our How We Choose page.