This is an interesting post, but as a non-American it's hard to understand what's it's alluding to in some parts.

The one criticism of NGSS I found from a quick skim of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standa... is that it teaches evolution.

What does "estimation" mean in the US?!

> In English, for example, NGSS is such a massive attractor, discussing nearby topics often yields NGSS "slop".

For that particular attractor, even German or Spanish or so might help avoid it? Or perhaps even just using British English?