Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Middle school teachers often must focus on combating student distraction and loss of focus. And in high school, the chief concern is keeping up attendance. “So, to my mind, the younger you get, the closer to a traditional type of classroom you need.” Quality, creative teaching is really required,” adds Trust.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One of my favorites is from Kate Wagner, principal of Red Mill Elementary, who says, “ We are no longer teaching to the middle.” Another comes from Jeff Silverman, principal of Christa McAuliffe Middle School, who explains that implementing personalized learning ”finally got us over the hurdle we were stuck at.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

Especially important to Habecker: CK-12 made it possible for him to follow the core guidelines of universal design for learning , which involved providing multiple means of engagement, representation as well as actions and expression. Anyone who contributes content to CK-12 shares the material under a Creative Commons license.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

The result is a transformed, universally-designed classroom where all students can learn. In many ways, we are all operating in self-contained learning environments right now—classrooms isolated into singular communities and separated from the larger school setting. We can promote teacher-parent-student solidarity.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

He made a bunch of adults realize the need for universal design. Marisa Kaplan: I spent 11 years in classrooms in New York City as a special-education teacher, an ELA teacher and an instructional coach. He was a real role model and we should all aim to be a little bit more like him when we grow up.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Sarah If you teach middle school, you already know about math anxiety. This principle of “high expectations, flexible means” comes from Katie Novak’s work on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. A teacher’s guide to applying universal design for learning.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 27, 2025

I was at a middle school, and they were opening a brand new entrepreneurial mindset, school type, high school. Dr. Brandee Ramirez So I currently am an AI Tosa teacher on special assignment, who focuses on universal design learning. And so then I was there for a year, I loved it.

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