The Education Table Blog

If you are new to the term Universal Design for Learning, more commonly referred to as UDL, you may be wondering what it is. UDL is an educational framework developed by CAST, Inc ...

Traditional approaches to feedback require teachers to collect student work and spend time giving written feedback during their prep periods (when they could be co-designing ...

How to Use Assessments as a Metacognitive Tool for Learners As a long-distance runner, I have learned the importance of reflection in improving my performance. After each run, I ...

Reimagining Test Prep: Shifting to Student-Led Review Strategies Ahh testing. As much as it would be amazing to ground all of our assessments in project-based learning and ...

Transform Your Grading Practices Through UDL Note from Katie Novak: We originally posted this blog in June 2022 before I had the opportunity to read the book, A Repair Kit for ...

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Districts nationwide are reviewing their homework expectations in light of research studies that suggest that current homework practices are inequitable and fail to yield ...

Guest Bloggers: Valeria Sandoval and Casey Siagian

One District’s UDL Journey During Difficult Times The last 60 years have produced an amazing parade of talented and successful musicians. But if you asked a person on the street ...

We’ve all read and heard about social emotional learning numerous times over the past several years, but I don’t think anyone has stated it in such clear, simple terms as the TED ...

I’ve had so many questions about what a UDL assessments look like. There is really not one answer, as UDL assessments allow for educator creativity, but here’s one example – the ...

Can you Really Universally Design an Assessment? I’d like you to think back to your former school years. How many of you remember your teacher announcing that there would be a pop ...