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@coltencollings @MrZachG Do you suggest the creation of new freely-licensed materials with a "fine-grained scope and sequence that associates ... science ... topics with lessons" and has "daily lesson plans" that follow the FAST framework, say? See my article: peteroupc.github.io/insmat.html

@MrZachG Here is an issue: everyone pointing fingers, but I only feel like I can find the “inquiry curriculums” like open sci ed freely available. So if we want to make a change, we need curricula built different and easily accessible.

Wonderful blog on NGSS disillusion open.substack.com/pub/omullins/p…

@karenvaites And criterion 3.1a should prioritize direct instruction (I do/we do/you do) over less guided forms of instruction, ("experiential", "open-ended", "play-based learning"), and 3.2a should change "developmentally appropriate, child-centered, and engaging" to "free of distractions".

@karenvaites The following is a link to the just-announced reports: edreports.org/reports?grades…

Wil this finally be the moment that the education community finally, collectively says that EdReports is the emperor with no clothes? This morning, EdReports gives the widely-critiqued Creative Curriculum comparable reviews to Every Child Ready and Frog Street. Creative Curriculum is considered too-unstructured and weak on kindergarten readiness for reading and math.

@karenvaites This suggestion would be easy to adopt with books worth reading that are in the public domain (out of copyright).

More evidence that reading volume matters to reading achievement. In this case, also an intriguing model for increasing reading volume by sending books home with underprivileged students.

Classic (pre-2000) computer graphics for modern video games: specification and lean APIs. #gamedev #retrogaming #3dcg #indiedev peteroupc.github.io/graphics.html reddit.com/r/GraphicsProg…

Traditional #userinterface #graphics: This page discusses aspects of the traditional design (up to about the year 2003) of UI graphics, such as button and border styles, icons, and mouse pointers. peteroupc.github.io/classic-wallpa…

@learnwithSAP @_MathAcademy_ And to compare state standards with the Archimedes Standards from @nasorg: nas.org/report/the-arc…

@learnwithSAP It would also be interesting to compare state standards with the topics in Math Academy's (@_mathacademy_) courses of the "traditional" and "integrated" math sequences: mathacademy.com/courses

New from Student Achievement Partners: a closer look at what is changing in high school mathematics and why it matters now. Read the preview: bit.ly/4sByOsa

@IllustrateMath Fluency is not about speed alone. It's also about _accuracy_.

In IM® Math, fluency is not about speed alone. In IM K–5 Math, fluency is about helping students build flexible, lasting mathematical understanding through sensemaking and coherent learning progressions across grades. 📚 Learn more: knowim.org/fluency-part-2 #IMxBlog

#gamedev #retrogaming

Updated the article to seek hard-to-find data on late-90s video games' graphics (e.g., "199?'s Game X averaged Y triangles/sprites per frame OR had antialiasing/alpha blending", "Y% of PC users in 199? ran on 640x480"). #Seeking_Comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">peteroupc.github.io/graphics.html#…

Try simple graphics for developing your next game: 640x480 or smaller, pre-shader #3DCG, tile- and sprite-based 2D, #MIDI music. #gamedev #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #pixelart I characterize 90s and earlier graphics here: peteroupc.github.io/graphics.html

@karenvaites x.com/PeteroUPC/stat…

Why this story is important: It echoes concerns that some schools have overcorrected on phonics instruction and/or embraced popular approaches that lack an evidence base. It also illuminates divisions in the field. These days, everyone agrees teachers should teach phonics systematically, but we lack consensus on the nuances: how much time, which type of systematic phonics, which delivery model (whole vs small group), and especially what should be happening in the rest of the ELA block. It renews questions about curriculum reviewers: Why are EdReports and the Reading League criteria misaligned with a broad body of research? Why is Evidence for ESSA presenting research in a misleading manner? These questions have extra currency in a week when Massachusetts is heading for a curriculum mandate and other states could follow. If curriculum reviewers are missing these mark, states will assuredly inherit those flaws. Because of these broader implications, I hope you’ll give it a read.

Wowza. In just two days, this has become the most-read column published by @CurriculumIP. More well-read than my 2025 piece on books going missing from classrooms (and that was very widely-read). This topic seems like inside baseball for literacy folks. But it's really quite consequential.

@CurriculumIP Here is another related post by Mark Seidenberg, who notes an additional facet to the matter: The UK's "Rose report", where "phonemic awareness wasn’t included on a checklist of components of reading to focus teaching on": seidenbergreading.net/blog/phonemic-…

How did Heggerty become the most popular curriculum in US schools, before its original approach was walked back? "I think it was a perfect storm of things." A comment on our latest post.

And I am working on defining a suggested classic graphics API here: peteroupc.github.io/graphicsapi.ht… #gamedev