You need to know about universal design for learning - If you want to reach all your students, read this.

By Jody Gorham and Barbara Roberts. Reaching diverse student populations presents many classroom challenges. Requests for accommodation of disability and consideration of international, first-generation and additional language speakers can make curriculum design and delivery complex. How to meet so many needs and still deliver the goods equitably?
The Massachusetts-based Center for Applied Special Technology, or CAST, introduced Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the mid-1990s, based on the neuroscience of learning. More...