“40 Years Since Windows 1.0 — and We’re Still Opening New Windows” On this day in 1983, Microsoft introduced Windows 1.0 — a revolutionary step beyond the command line. It wasn’t flashy: 16-bit graphics, tiled windows, and a mouse people didn’t quite know how to use yet. But it marked a fundamental shift — from code to interface, from commands to clicks, from control to accessibility. Fast-forward 40 years and we’re at another interface revolution — AI as the new GUI. We no longer open programs,

Are you using the research-based Reading Intervention Program this year? There are so many options for instruction with the program! For tier 2 or tier 3 instruction, you can take running records, ask comprehension questions, and progress monitor reading fluency, comprehension, word work, and vocabulary. Here are just a few ways the program can be used: 1. In a tier 2 intervention 2. In a tier 3 intervention 3. In a guided reading group 4. In differentiated literacy centers 5. With partners to p