We don’t know what higher education will look like after COVID-19. However, we do know that there is no going back to pre-pandemic academic business as usual. COVID-19 has accelerated the ...

Administrators can elevate special education teams from support roles to central drivers of inclusive instruction.

In a nutshell, Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a framework that urges educators, policymakers, and all education stakeholders to think about teaching and learning in a way that gives all ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

The same design principles that brought Braille panels to public elevators and curb cuts to city sidewalks should be imported to the classroom and used to transform lessons and textbooks, says a ...

When the U.S. Department of Education updated its National Education Technology Plan for the first time in seven years in early 2024, one of its main recommendations was that schools use ed-tech tools ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for curriculum created by CAST that is designed to minimize barriers to learning, in order to proactively meet the needs of all students. The ...

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework has become a central tenet in fostering inclusive educational practices that cater to the heterogeneous needs of learners. By promoting flexible ...

What are inclusive learning environments, anyway? Putting a definition on this complex concept is deceptively tricky. Environments aren’t just spaces that we exist in; they also encompass the culture ...