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CAST's 3rd Annual UDL Symposium: UDL for Social Justice

Monday, July 31 – Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Providing high quality education is a matter of social justice, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an innovative framework that supports all learners—regardless of socioeconomic, cultural, gender, language, cognitive, physical, and emotional background—by providing exceptional, rigorous learning opportunities. UDL proactively infuses opportunities for learners to overcome barriers and ensure that learning has no limits.

Digital Promise & CAST Announce New UDL Product Certification

UDL Product Certification badge from CAST found on the Digital Promise platform

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

The Product Certification serves as a signal to district leaders for edtech products that enable meaningful participation from all students.

Co-Design Concept Helps CAST Build Solutions for Teachers & Learners

Woman sitting in front of a paper journey map

Education co-design—an extensive collaboration among participants in a learning ecosystem to design the best possible solutions—fits succinctly with CAST’s core mission to “bust the barriers of learning” for all through its Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.

Eleazar Vasquez

Director of the Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute & Professor, UCF

Dr. Eleazar Vasquez III is the director of the Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute and Professor of exceptional student education at the University of Central Florida.

CAST to Establish California Collaborative for Inclusive Literacy

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Friday, July 10, 2020

CAST is pleased to announce the establishment of the California Collaborative for Inclusive Literacy (CCIL), a statewide professional development partnership to improve literacy outcomes using CAST’s signature framework, Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

CAST Awarded $2.5 Million to Develop Science Resources

Thursday, July 30, 2015

CAST has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs to scale the use of digital science notebooks in grades 4 through 6.

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