The Education Table Blog

The end of one educator evaluation cycle means the beginning of a new one. As I think of my own professional practice goals (PPG) for next year, I realize that the principles of ...

Right now I’m feverishly trying to keep up with an awesome #ECET2 Twitter chat. I just got a question about using all 9 UDL guidelines (teaching strategies) in each lesson, so ...

Many districts are lucky enough to have literacy coaches, but what is the best model to utilize these talented individuals? I reviewed the research on literacy coaching and ...

If we approach UDL implementation as a new thing that goes on top of everything we’re already doing, it won’t be successful. Our approach needs to focus on optimizing what we’re ...

The Common Core requires teachers across grade bands and content areas to teach speaking and listening skills. In the spirit of UDL, these skills must be scaffolded so students ...

When you are planning lessons using the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), it’s beneficial to visualize them as an integrated whole. Gone are the days where lessons focus on one ...

If I had a nickel for every time I heard the term “5 paragraph essay,” I’d be rich. First, to be clear, there is a 5 paragraph essay, but there is also a 4 paragraph, 17 ...

Lesson for the Day: Supplementing verbal text with visual text helps to create a universally designed curriculum for all learners.

Coming from a middle school background, I’ve never explored the teaching of visual literacy, but after reading, “Picture This: Visual Literacy as a Pathway to Character ...

There is so much energy that goes in to opposing the Common Core. How much more beneficial would it be to expend that energy trying to understand the Core and make it work? My ...

I am so lucky to have personal connections with some of the most talented teachers in the country (as evidenced by our photo at Education Nation in NYC). What do we have in ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is not just a framework for curriculum design. It is a belief that all students are capable of learning and that instructional methods, when ...