Math Academy #1 – The Long Game: Building Minds and Machines
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Nov 3, 2025 Dive into the fascinating world of machine learning and coding! Discover the journey of developing bite-sized coding projects that reinforce math foundations. Hear about the importance of integrating computer science into the curriculum to enhance Python skills. Uncover the story behind the Urisco advanced math and CS track, designed to create real-world coding experiences. Plus, explore innovative teaching strategies like spaced repetition and automaticity drills to supercharge learning. Get ready to think about education in a whole new way!
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Ship Coding Infrastructure First
- Prioritize building platform coding support before shipping coding-heavy courses so projects run smoothly in-product.
- Jason stresses finishing the in-browser Python editor, evaluation, and error handling to integrate Colab notebooks into Math Academy.
Breadth-First Pays Off Later
- Tackling varied hard features early forces a generalized, durable product architecture even if visible progress slows.
- Justin and Jason call this a breadth-first approach that pays off long-term by avoiding costly rewrites later.
From A Summer Tutoring Bet To URISCO
- Jason recounts pulling his son Colby into an intensive summer coding program during COVID that grew into a multi-year advanced CS sequence.
- That hands-on, high-expectation teaching seeded what became the Urisko program and Math Academy CS content.