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.
Join Our Team
We're currenty seeking a Universal Design for Learning Implementation Specialist and a Marketing & Sales Intern.
UDL-Con: International
This year, for the first time, CAST’s Annual Symposium and the UDL-IRN Summit are joining forces to create the world’s largest International UDL Convention.
Upcoming Learning Events
Introduction: Explore Universal Design for Learning
In this introductory online course for preK–12 educators, participants learn the research basis for UDL, practical applications of UDL to lesson design, and helpful technology tools that support flexible, inclusive instruction.Monday, September 11 – Monday, December 11, 2023
Introduction: Explore Universal Design for Learning
In this introductory online course for preK–12 educators, participants learn the research basis for UDL, practical applications of UDL to lesson design, and helpful technology tools that support flexible, inclusive instruction.Monday, February 5 – Monday, May 13, 2024
Introduction: Explore Universal Design for Learning
Designed exclusively for higher education, this course includes strategies to remove barriers to learning for postsecondary students.Monday, February 5 – Friday, March 29, 2024
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
CAST to Continue Efforts to Improve School Technology Systems for Students with Disabilities
Five-year, $3.5 million OSEP-funded effort will bolster assistive and instructional technology design and use.Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Add Universal Design for Learning to Your CTE State Plan
By including UDL as a component of training and as a lever for innovation, CTE administrators and leaders are improving and optimizing teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Joy Zabala AT & AEM Fellows Named for 2023–2024
The selected mentor/mentee pairs jointly create a work plan that reflects Joy's approach to inclusive education, focusing on assistive technologies and accessible educational materials.Monday, August 14, 2023