What Is Universal Design for Learning in Today’s Education Environment?

When Joann Blumenfeld, an educator with the Wake County Public School System, looks at her students, she doesn’t see disabilities — she sees superpowers.
“We need to flip the mindset that these kids have disabilities,” says Blumenfeld, a special education teacher and founder of Catalyst, a STEM program for high school students with disabilities. “They have different superpowers.”
Blumenfeld was recognized as a TIME Innovative Teacher of the Year for her work getting students with disabilities into high-paying STEM careers. Through Catalyst, which she started in 2014, Blumenfeld helps her…

Monica Chin / The Verge:
Framework and Google partner to launch the $999 Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition, a user-upgradeable model running Chrome OS, shipping in early December  —  Framework and Google have announced the new Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition.  As the name implies, this is an upgradable …

Jem Aswad / Variety:
YouTube says Music and Premium together have 80M+ paying subscribers, up from 50M in September 2021, and payments to creators and others reached $50B since 2019  —  It’s a dramatic leap, especially for a platform where so much can be had for free, and would seem to place YouTube …

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Denmark-based Podimo, a subscription service for podcasts and audiobooks, raised €58.6M led by 83North, Highland, and Saban, bringing its total funding to €162M  —  Listen up: Podimo, the Denmark-based subscription service for podcasts and audiobooks, said it secured €58.6 million …

MK Manoylov / The Block:
MoonPay helps Universal Studios create a “Halloween Horror Nights” NFT scavenger hunt in its Orlando and Hollywood theme parks, minting up to 7M NFTs  —  – MoonPay will use its utility minting service Hypermint to create up to 7 million NFTs for an in-person scavenger hunt at Universal Studios Theme Parks.