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• Tara Courchaine

  

  Chief Research & Development Officer

  As Chief Research & Development Officer, Dr. Tara Courchaine leads CAST’s research and development division.

• Kisha Barton

  

  Senior Director of Communications

  As Senior Director of Communications, Kisha leads CAST’s public relations division efforts in promoting CAST’s nonprofit work and Universal Design for Learning framework to diverse audiences.  She oversees external and internal communications, including strategic communications, media relations, messaging strategy, thought leadership, websites, social media, and promotional collateral.

• About CAST

  

  Located near Boston, CAST is a nonprofit education research and development organization that created the Universal Design for Learning framework, now used the world over to make learning more inclusive. The CAST team includes over 50 talented employees, including world-class educators, learning scientists, instructional designers, literacy experts, policy analysts, UX and graphic designers, software engineers, and a first-rate administrative and executive staff.

• CAST to Investigate How Outdoor Recreation Can Foster Positive STEM Identities and Pathways for Rural Youth

  

  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.

• David Rose to Receive CEC Lifetime Achievement Award

  

  Thursday, February 9, 2017

  CAST Co-Founder David Rose will receive the J.E. Wallace Wallin Special Education Lifetime Achievement Award at CEC 2017.

• UDL Featured in 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.

• CAST Seeks Partners to Pilot Multigenerational Makerspaces in Affordable Housing

  

  Thursday, August 15, 2019

  We're envisioning a community solution to reclaiming learning and reconnecting to school and work.

• CAST & ISKME Partner to Make OERs More Inclusive, Effective

  

  Wednesday, March 13, 2019

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

• CAST to Establish California Collaborative for Inclusive Literacy

  

  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).

• Senior U.S. Department of Education Officials Visit CAST

  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.