Program for Inclusive Education Blog

If You Build It, They Will Come!

Photo Credit: Dmytro Aksonov As we approach the beginning of summer, we will attend family barbeques, take road trips, and enjoy the sights and sounds of little ones running through...

High Leverage Practices: How Do They Impact Catholic Educators?

Beyond the social justice and civil rights perspectives that guide us to serve the marginalized in our classrooms, we have an additional reason to reinforce the need to pay attention...

Breaking Down the Walls for Students with Special Needs

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) believes that all students should be welcomed, served, and celebrated in Catholic schools. It is critical that we break down those walls, open our...

Fasting for Inclusion

"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break...

Program for Inclusive Education: Why You Should Apply

It's early February...that time of year when you are in the thick of teaching, thinking about the content you still need to cover and ensuring all students make sufficient progress...

8 Resolutions for the 2018 Inclusive Classroom

As 2018 begins, resolutions abound of healthier eating, less spending, and more family time. I'm sure we have all made one or two for the new year. In light of...

Every Child Deserves to be Welcomed, Served, and Celebrated

Photo Credit: Beth Foraker, National Catholic Board on Full Inclusion "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened...

We Can Do Hard Things with Great Joy

Joy is very infectious; therefore always be full of joy! - Mother Teresa There are a lot of scary things going on today in our world. One thing after another...

3 Resources (and an Invitation!) to Foster Professional Growth this Summer

"With eyes of faith consider the greatness of your mission and the wonderful amount of good which you can accomplish." - Bl. Basil Moreau, Christian Education Teaching is faith in...

Experiencing the Happiness of an Inclusive Classroom

With Catholic schools around the country looking for the tools to create the culture, foundation, and resources to educate all students inclusively while celebrating every student's diverse and exceptional characteristics...