Today we met at the Center for the first day of our Universal Design for Learning Institute. What a packed day! Past participants let us know that they wanted more strategies. We adjusted for today. As a matter of fact, one person let us know that “it’s OK to include some theory, you know.”
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Student Assessment

As the school year begins I want to take moment to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I was thinking a bit about how similar the new school year and New Year really are. Both are times to think about how we arrived at where we are. Both are times to take stock of the [...]

Greetings to all who attended the latest network sessions at the Center yesterday and today. I wanted to take a few minutes to review some of what Dr. Phillips introduced today. Without questions, the Center believes that this practice is essential to improvement. Our reasons for this statement are as follows:

Collaborative assessment [...]

Being in the professional development business, we frequently get requests for programs that can improve student achievement. Teachers and administrators are disappointed when they find out that we do not offer quick fixes. At a conference this weekend, I had a chance to hear Todd Whitaker, author of the book What Great Teachers [...]

During the course of Universal Design for Learning programs, we often come to the topic of homework. In the January 007 issue of NEA Today, the debate about whether or not homework is good or bad is summarized. Those opposing homework claim that it is “mostly useless.” Those in favor of homework [...]