At least on my iPad (Chrome), I viewed the site and simply scrolled down to the bottom. After that, I had to click the back button 4 or 5 times to get back to HN. That is seriously broken from a usability standpoint. The act of scrolling should never trigger hard URL changes. If you're going to design a single-page, scrollable website (which can be great), you have to make sure the user can go back to where they came from with a single Back action.
The founders of the school include mathematics teachers I know, and I think they are the real deal. I have had long conversations with one of those mathematicians at MathPath[2], which was a very good program for my oldest son, now a hacker.
[1] https://www.strikingly.com/?ref=logo&permalink=proofschool
Thanks for the information that the math teachers involved are a good resource, and the link to Math Path. My son is only 8, but when he's old enough I will consider that.
My son has ADHD. While he loves learning, he's obviously disqualified by the section of the eligibility requirement that says, Children...who have behavioral issues that may hinder their work or the work of others, should not apply.
I want to find opportunities for him to pursue his interests. I'm not trying to raise a prodigy.
The page is smoothly scrolling now.
Takes forever to load. Unreadable until loaded. Once loaded there is very little content per page. Except the one giving bios, which is unreadable because all of the usual methods of scrolling jump to the following page rather than scrolling smoothly.
Any technical parents with kids in the right age are simply not going to read this. And if they do read it, they will be left with no idea what it is and whether it is useful. (I say "they" because my kids are still too young.)