The Education Table Blog

The principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) aren’t solely about the technology, but UDL practitioners acknowledge that technology possesses the power to remove barriers. ...

As a middle school English teacher, I dedicated two full weeks for students to create life-size puppets based on "The Old Man and the Sea." My students absolutely loved this ...

On our team, I am known for the phrase “think outside the box.” I am always looking for alternative ways to use something. Whether it is turning a boot into a planter, just like ...

Let’s imagine that you have an upcoming assignment where you give students an assignment to define important vocabulary terms. You have decided to provide students with several ...

I have seen way too many teachers lugging around huge canvas bags chock full of paperwork to take home and grade. Some have even resorted to moving materials from school to home ...

Imagine you have decided to give students the same reading assignment in your room. The learning goal states that all students will read the same article; however, you realize ...

Neuroscience research indicates that in order for learning to be more successful and development in every sense of life to be achieved, we need to put an increased emphasis on ...

Last spring I had the opportunity to observe students reading in the hallway. As I engaged in conversations with them, it became evident that they had choices in how they ...

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 ...

There’s Macaroni on your Manifold! Whenever my son Andre has the hood of his truck open doing some work, I poke my head in and say things like: “It looks like the carbonara is a ...

I recently had a teacher share with me she wanted to believe that if barriers were removed in the learning environment all students could learn at high levels, but she did not yet ...

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 ...