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Universal Design for Learning

UDL Strategies Every Teacher Can Use to Support Multilingual Learners

In my early twenties, I moved from Boston to Southern California and started my teaching career. As a life-long New Englander, I experienced a HUGE culture shock. I remember being ...

Pam Tupy · August 20, 2025

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Teacher in a classroom with students - 8 ways to evaluate the effectiveness of UDL in the classroom

Universal Design for Learning

8 Focus Areas to Observe the Effectiveness of UDL in the Classroom

In high school, there was an amazing competition called Creative Awareness. As students, we had the opportunity to compete in the creative arts (painting, cooking, music, dance) ...

Katie Novak · July 14, 2025

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Universal Design for Learning

From Parallel Play to True Collaboration: What Co-Teaching Can Learn from the Playground

One of my favorite updates to the UDL 3.0 Guidelines is Checkpoint 7.3, Nurture Joy and Play. When I first read it, I was instantly brought back to my preschool memories at the ...

Emily Mostovoy-Luna · July 2, 2025

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Professional Learning

What Every Pre-Service Teacher Should Know About UDL

Dear Pre-Service Teachers, Professors, and People Who Love Future Educators,

Dr. Angela Burke · June 26, 2025

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teaching special ed in gen ed classrooms

Universal Design for Learning

Inclusive Education is a Right, Not a Privilege:

The IEP meeting that changed my understanding of equity and inclusion forever is one I will never forget. I remember the team being huge - the entire school team was there, along ...

Emily Mostovoy-Luna · June 13, 2025

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student in class getting ready to leave - how to make it organized and reduce the chaos

Parents/Caregivers

3 UDL Strategies That Transform Classroom Transitions

My first classroom, of my own, was kindergarten. I never set out to be a kindergarten teacher exactly, but a school I knew had a great principal and was hiring, and so I went for ...

Jeff Horwitz · June 11, 2025

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an image of a Kaleidoscope - analogy for brain-based design in education

Science of Learning

A Brain-Based Pattern for Design

When you point a kaleidoscope toward light, the light reflects back and forth and creates intricate and complex patterns. In these patterns, we see beauty. As leaders, we too are ...

K.C. Knudson · May 30, 2025

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Variability and Barriers

Why Teaching About Neurodiversity Benefits Every Student in Your Class

We are walking into classrooms where the needs of our young learners are more diverse and unique than ever before. Neurodiversity—the idea that neurological differences like ...

Ginna Daza · April 10, 2025

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The Education Table Blog

The UDL Flowchart: When Choice Isn’t Enough

Tiny Pauses that Unlocks Deeper Learning

Why Does UDL Matter in Elementary Mathematics?

Dear Teachers, We Are Doing Too Much (and It's Okay to Let Go)

UDL Strategies Every Teacher Can Use to Support Multilingual Learners

8 Focus Areas to Observe the Effectiveness of UDL in the Classroom

From Parallel Play to True Collaboration: What Co-Teaching Can Learn from the Playground

What Every Pre-Service Teacher Should Know About UDL

Inclusive Education is a Right, Not a Privilege:

3 UDL Strategies That Transform Classroom Transitions

A Brain-Based Pattern for Design

Why Teaching About Neurodiversity Benefits Every Student in Your Class