+1, ask both if you can defer so that you can keep your options open. (It might be worth asking around or looking around online first to make sure they won't get mad at the question.)

This seems like the most helpful response for someone like OP. Is the curriculum or syllabus of your class public?

All of my course materials are on GitHub: https://github.com/dansmyers

The Programming with AI class is here:

https://github.com/dansmyers/ProgrammingWithAI

We're building it out as the semester goes on. Right now, it's mostly the in-class practice activities we're working through each day. This is the first time I've taught this version of the class so it's pretty experimental.

Here's the complete version of my intro class with notes, labs, and projects:

https://github.com/dansmyers/IntroToCS/tree/Fall-2025

This is my hometown, fun to see this here. I've never been, but it sounds great.

Mentioning Ewing but not Larry Legend... Ouch. Also Chuck Daly was the coach.

> We’ve been hearing about kids who are asking their parents for more tasks at home (whether it’s chores or family activities) every day so they can play Joon, so it feels like we are on the right track.

As a parent ... this might be the right track for you the game creator, but it is not the right track for the kids.

Totally hear your perspective. Having kids beg for chores is not what we are hoping to achieve in the long-term. Our broader goal is to help encourage kids to learn positive habits like making their bed, reading every day, etc. Hopefully we can use this tool to help the parent-child relationship work together towards this goal rather than have it just be a dopamine hit for kids and a task tracker for the parents.

is it a dopaminne hit for kids as it stands?

Just out of curiosity, do you see this as being different from open source curriculum and materials for teachers/schools/anyone?

I don't have a good recommendation there either, but I was wondering if it is necessary to restrict yourself to "homeschooling" curriculum in particular?

Wow, all of the comments on HN so far and all of the comments on the article's website say more or less that the article is terrible. Is there any merit to the article's claim that homeschooling should be more regulated?

Ask yourself “Do I want homeschooling to look more like public school, or do I want public schools to look more like home schooling?”

The NYT article linked in this article has a lot more, posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22542662

The cite doesn't mention it, but the NYT article reports the Washington State public health authorities shut down Dr. Chu, not the Feds.

"While acknowledging the ethical questions, Dr. Chu and others argued there should be more flexibility in an emergency during which so many lives could be lost. On Monday night, state regulators told them to stop testing altogether."

Coronavirus coverage is no longer behind a paywall for the NYT. They've made it free for everyone.

https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirus

That may be, but when I click on the NYT link for the article, I get the following: https://imgur.com/aionwnv

Not technically a paywall, but certainly a wall.

I bet if you throw together a quick sign-up form and post it here soon you could get dozens of volunteers who would be willing to find the maps for a couple of places that you assign them and email them to you.