Podcasts & Reports

Unstandardized English

JPB Gerald is a PhD student with a background in teaching ELL. He provides a critical approach to pedagogy, the semantics used in education prep, and how to de-center whiteness in a predominantly white field.

ThinkUDL

ThinkUDL is a podcast about Universal Design for Learning where listeners hear from the people who are designing and implementing strategies in post-secondary settings with learner variability in mind.

EdNC’s Annual Report

EdNC aims to expand educational opportunities for all students in North Carolina, increase their academic attainment, and improve the performance of the state’s public schools. For me, their Twitter helps frame some of the current and ongoing issues in NC’s education system. Their Perspective pieces particularly address the role of an EC teacher and how educators impact students. I think their reports and data are accessible and can re-frame how a teacher approaches their students.

When Celebrating Accessible Technology is Just Reinforcing Ableism

Kim Sauder is a “mad queer autistic disabled woman” who:

came to the realization about my queerness relatively late in life so ignore posts where I say I’m straight I was confused). I am doing my PhD in Critical Disability Studies and my research focus is the historical and contemporary ways mad and disabled women have been treated both physically and culturally.

This post provides a critical approach to the celebration of accessible technology. Accessible tech, left unchecked, can be seen as a quick, convenient solution that often appeals to teachers. But educators should recognize the deeper issues of ableism.