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The Education Table Blog

Practical strategies, research, and perspectives from the Novak Education team to help educators strengthen instruction, leadership, and inclusive systems.

Differentiated Instruction (DI)

The Science and Research Behind the UDL Framework.

“Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.” It isn't something you ...

Tom Thibodeau · September 5, 2025

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Differentiated Instruction (DI)

How to Support, Challenge and Engage Gifted and Twice Exceptional Students in Your Classroom

Pam Tupy · March 5, 2025

Differentiated Instruction (DI)

How to Make Station Rotations Effective in Your Learning Environment

Katie Novak · January 9, 2025

Differentiated Instruction (DI)

UDL and Differentiated Instruction Explained

Katie Novak · July 8, 2024

Differentiated Instruction (DI)

UDL vs DI: The Dinner Party Analogy

When I am presenting on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), an education framework routed in offering options to students to help them take control of their own education, ...

Katie Novak · February 13, 2024

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Differentiated Instruction (DI)

Differentiating between UDL and Differentiated Instruction

There is plenty of confusion between Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Differentiated Instruction (DI) in the education world these days, and it is easy to see why. From the ...

Sharmila Choudhury · February 12, 2024

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high school students provided with an equal opportunity in AP class

Differentiated Instruction (DI)

4 Ways to Provide Greater Access to Advanced Coursework

In our collective efforts to address persistent disparities in academic outcomes, it is crucial to recognize that our current systems were not designed to provide equal ...

Katie Novak · December 12, 2023

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Differentiated Instruction (DI)

DUA vs ID: La Analogía de la Cena - Que es DUA?

Cuando hago presentaciones sobre el Diseño Universal de Aprendizaje (DUA), un marco educativo que ofrece opciones a los estudiantes para ayudarles a tomar el control de su propia ...

Katie Novak · February 2, 2021

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