Inclusive Schooling values diversity within the human community. When inclusive education is fully embraced, we abandon the idea that children have to become “normal” in order to contribute to the world. One of the ways we can begin to implement more inclusive...
Inclusive education and co-teaching are necessary complements to one another. Co-teaching often exists when schools adopt inclusive practices. In co-taught classrooms, general and special education teachers work together in highly coordinated ways to give all students...
… the authoritative teacher, who drowns the freedom off the student, belittles student’s rights to be curious and restless …. Freire 1996, 60 Oftentimes, seeking belonging for all students can be a difficult battle within the classroom. This can be...
Establishing inclusive schools has to begin with this question: How do we establish an authentic sense of belonging? We see inclusion and belonging as essential conditions for educating each child. At some schools, implementing an inclusive philosophy meant no...
“How do we provide inclusive related services?” This is one of the more frequent questions we get from schools interested in creating more inclusive service delivery. One of our favorite ways to answer the question is to put folks in touch with the many...
Here at Inclusive Schooling, we believe inclusion is the foundation for all good things— including authentic and exciting STEM education. So when I (Kate) got the chance to co-write with friend and educator, Jackie Giammarco, about Project Hawk-Eye— an innovative,...
We’ve launched an Inclusion Podcast!! How cool is that? We’ll be talking all things inclusion, answering those difficult “how to” questions, and hosting fabulous guests including inclusive teachers, leaders, kids, parents and experts....
Welcome to May, everyone! Today we wanted to share a Skype conversation between Julie and Charmaine Miller Thaner of the Collaborative Special Education Advocacy. In this 42 minute conversation, Julie talks to Charmaine about how to best create inclusive schools....
Y’all — we are so excited to announce that you can now register for our online course, The Inspired Paraprofessional!!! What is it about? Julie and Kate have created this course specifically for paraprofessionals working in K-12 inclusive schools who want to...
This fall Julie was invited to North Penn School District in Southeastern Pennsylvania where she had the pleasure of presenting about inclusive schooling. During her time there she was able to meet with many incredible educators, parents, and administrators who are...
