Walk into almost any conversation about CS curriculum and you'll hear the same names: Code.org, CodeHS, Tynker,

CMU CS Academy, Project STEM, CS Unplugged, Google CS First, PLTW, and that's before you get to individual les-

sons on Teachers Pay Teachers, YouTube, or the platform your district just licensed. The problem isn't that there's

nothing to use. It's the opposite. With dozens of credible options available, deciding what to use can feel paralyzing,

and the pressure of a ticking clock too often leads to arbitrary choices: the resource a colleague happened to men-

tion, or the first hit on a search, rather than the one that is the best fit your students, your classroom, and your goals.

Here, we offer a framework for more making more intentional decisions that treats curricular decision-making as

an ongoing professional practice and that teachers rarely use a resource exactly as-is.