What’s New
Honest monthly notes on what improved. No gloss.
Every release passes the same gates before it reaches your family: a 3,300+ test suite, an automated accessibility sweep of the whole family path, and guards that block the release if anything we publicly claim disagrees with what the code actually does.
August 2026
- New family rituals — My Museum (pin a problem you’re proud of), Teach the Squirrel, Sprout Capsules (bury a stumper with a note to future-you), Whisper Word, the Question Jar (your wonders reach the family dashboard — the app never answers for you), and Ring Day (one permanent ring per mastered skill). None award points; all stay on your device.
- Play the Standard — every FULL and PARTIAL verdict on our public alignment reports now carries a “▶ Play a live item” link: try the exact practice item behind the claim. No account, nothing saved.
- Writing arrived — a Writing subject with human-authored prompts and feedback, plus a safety layer that shows anything a grown-up should see only to that kid’s own grown-up, on that device.
- Keepsakes & backups — the printable Forever File now carries dated mastery rings, museum picks, and completed time capsules; a monthly Poster of the Month joined the print row; the Almanac gently reminds you to back up, and restores show what’s inside first.
- For evaluators — a reviewer page with playable evidence and a live line from our daily monitoring, and the District Privacy Evidence Pack published in full.
- Accessibility, audited — a WCAG sweep across every family screen; the two contrast issues it found were fixed, and the sweep is now a permanent release gate.
- Standards depth — Kansas and Missouri math both reached zero NOT-COVERED codes, every remaining PARTIAL carries a named gap note, and startup got dramatically lighter for older tablets.
July 2026
- Writing skills shipped; Single Student ($59/yr) went live; checkout was rebuilt end-to-end and now has a synthetic purchase probe watching it daily.
Something here doesn’t match what you see in the app? Tell us — we treat that as a broken release gate.