Universal Design for Learning and the Common Core

Have you heard about Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?  It is specifically mentioned in the Common Core in the section about students with disabilities, but it is applicable for all learners.  Take a look at information about the UDL:

UDL helps address learner variability by suggesting flexible goals, methods, materials, and assessments that empower educators to meet these varied needs. Curricula that is created using UDL is designed from the outset to meet the needs of all learners, making costly, time-consuming, and after-the-fact changes unnecessary. The UDL framework encourages creating flexible designs from the start that have customizable options, which allow all learners to progress from where they are and not where we would have imagined them to be. The options for accomplishing this are varied and robust enough to provide effective instruction to all learners. 

For more on the process of UDL including a one page overview, click here.