Giving Compass' Take:

· Lauren Barack explains how appreciating students' differences in learning with a UDL framework boosts classroom success and encourages the development of confidence. 

· How can teachers support students and their differences? What training do teachers need to successfully implement a UDL framework? 

· Here's how to build a classroom through a UDL framework.

The idea of creating lessons based on UDL is easily confused with differentiated instruction. Both take into account the idea that students learn in different ways, with different styles and different needs.

But UDL is a concept that challenges educators to create a universal plan that envelops all students in its programming. Instead of tailoring curriculum to each child’s needs, the idea is to create a situation where each child feels included in the whole. A 2017 meta-analysis of the UDL approach concurred that this style “…is an effective teaching methodology for improving the learning process for all students,” wrote researchers.

Read the full article about a universal design for learning framework by Lauren Barack at Education Dive.