About CAST
CAST is a multifaceted organization with a singular ambition: Bust the barriers to learning that millions of people experience every day. We do this by helping educators and organizations apply insights from the learning sciences and leading-edge practices to educational design and implementation.
Explore the Future of Inclusive Education with CAST's UDL Guidelines 3.0 Webinars!
Join us for a series of free, dynamic webinars designed to empower educators, administrators, and leaders with the latest insights and practical strategies from the new UDL Guidelines 3.0.
A New Edition of the Foundational Book on UDL!
Universal Design for Learning: Principles, Framework, and Practice – the new edition of Anne Meyer and David Rose’s foundational 2014 text – is now available! This updated book provides an accessible introduction to the science behind the UDL framework, and the powerful ways UDL can help shape inclusive learning design.
Learning on the Go: ADA Title II Updates and Requirements
In April 2024, the United States Department of Justice issued a final rule requiring state and local governmental entities — including early childhood, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions — to ensure web- or mobile app-based digital learning resources are appropriate for and usable by students with disabilities.
Upcoming Learning Events
Introduction to Universal Design for Learning
Learn the core concepts and foundations of UDL, practical applications of UDL to lesson design, and how to support flexible, inclusive instruction in this self-directed online course.Monday, January 1 – Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Introduction to Universal Design for Learning
Learn the core concepts and foundations of UDL, practical applications of UDL to lesson design, and how to support flexible, inclusive instruction in this instructor supported self-paced course.Monday, January 1 – Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Schoolwide Improvement Leadership Workshop Series
Are you looking for a new approach to school improvement? An approach that brings together diverse perspectives? An approach that centers the experience of marginalized learners? The Universal Design for Learning School Implementation Criteria (UDL-SIC) provides a framework for systematically addressing complex problems of practice.Thursday, November 7 – Thursday, June 26, 2025
Stories From Our Work
CAST Partners with New Hampshire Prisons to Apply UDL to “Choose Love” Curriculum
What happens when we redesign a curriculum to meet the needs of incarcerated adult learners?
CAST Teams Up with Rural California Schools to Build Bridges for Learning & Healing
We're supporting districts in northern California to recover after learning loss as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded with the devastating wildfires in that region.
World Vision, Illustrative Math Use CAST Curriculum Review to Make Learning More Accessible
We partner with organizations designing learning experiences and materials to review and provide support in making their products more accessible and universally designed.
News from CAST
The Joy Zabala Fellowship Announces 2024-2025 Fellows: Empowering the Future of Assistive Technology and Accessibility
These dynamic mentorship teams will work together to build capacity in AT and AEM, with a focus on improving accessibility and educational equity for students with disabilities.Monday, October 14, 2024
UDL-Con International 2024: A Recap of Inspiration, Innovation, and Inclusivity!
A look at the highlights from UDL-Con International 2024Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Empowering All Learners: Accessible Coding for Blind Students
In an insightful interview with EdTech, CAST’s Luis Perez discusses the urgent need to make coding accessible for K–12 students who are blind or have low vision.Tuesday, September 10, 2024