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  • National Science Foundation (NSF) logo with CAST waves in the background

    Tuesday, September 20, 2022

    CAST and UNH have been awarded funding from the NSF AISL program to explore strategies that make STEM careers more attractive and accessible to teenagers in New Hampshire’s rural communities.

  • Cover of School Administrator Magazine

    Thursday, November 5, 2015

    The November 2015 issue of School Administrator a magazine that circulates to more than 13,000 school and district leaders, features a package of stories about universal design for learning (UDL) and highlights CAST's free resources for schools.

  • Headshot of Kavita Rao

    My memorable experience with CAST was the first workshop I was invited to facilitate after joining CAST’s Professional Learning cadre in 2014. Grace Meo invited me to meet her in California to co-present a UDL workshop for the LA Unified School District. It turned out to be a huge event, and we were ushered into a "green room” when we arrived at the venue. Grace and I joked about feeling like celebrities as we waited for our call to the stage. That was my first experience collaborating with CAST. Although I haven’t found myself in any more green rooms since then, I have appreciated opportunities to collaborate on UDL presentations and publications with many more CAST friends and family over the subsequent years. Shout out to Liz Berquist, Allison Posey, David Gordon, David Rose, and Jenna Gravel for being such a great “CAST of characters” to work with.

  • CISL: Center on Inclusive Software for Learning | Partners! CAST and ISKME, designer and host of OER Commons

    Wednesday, March 13, 2019

    The goal: Open Educational Resources that are more accessible and discoverable, and that provide needed accommodations.

  • Photo of a diverse group of adults in professional attire smiling. A young girl in a white headscarf and dress stands in the middle of the adults smiling as well.

    Monday, May 20, 2024

    CAST visits the White House for a round table with the Department of Education

  • California Department of Education and California Collaborative for Excellence in Education logos

    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 and AIR logos

    Thursday, April 4, 2019

    Five-year, $3.5 million OSEP-funded effort will bolster assistive and instructional technology design and use.

  • Monday, September 12, 2016

    Senior U.S. Department of Education officials visit CAST and local schools that practice UDL during "Opportunity Across America" Back-to-School Bus Tour. Sue Swenson, acting assistant secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), and Ruth Ryder, acting director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), will visit CAST on Tuesday afternoon for a “Learning and Listening” roundtable discussion of hot-button topics such as ways to improve K-12 literacy instruction, assessment, classroom products, and teacher preparation to make schools more inclusive and effective.

  • Photo of Joy Smiley Zabala

    Thursday, July 1, 2021

    It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the death of our dear friend and colleague, Joy Zabala. Her joyous spirit lives on in each life she touched, including ours.

  • Photo of Joy Zabala smiling with a large body of water in the background

    Friday, August 6, 2021

    The Joy Zabala Fellowship in Assistive Technology & Accessible Educational Materials will celebrate the life and work of our dear colleague, Joy Smiley Zabala, EdD.

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