Join a study of special education teachers who identify as disabled or a person with a disability. Contact mb5308@tc.columbia.edu or jl5177@tc.columbia.edu. Columbia Teachers College.
“Designing for Deep Learning and Inclusivity: Leveraging Understanding by Design and Universal Design for Learning for Mandated Curricula” by Kim Pinckney of the New Jersey Education Association - TechTrends - January 07, 2026 - Association for Educational Communications & Technology.
Disability and the Vote: Access, Legislation and Mobilizing Young Voters - A National Civic Learning Week Discussion
March 11 - 7pm Eastern Time - Explore the state of voting by people with disabilities with Lisa Schur and Doug Kruse, co-directors of the Program for Disability Research at Rutgers University. Discuss strategies and programs to register students with disabilities to vote and to prepare all students to make a successful plan to vote. Part of National Civic Learning Week.
NCHE Conference - Montgomery
National Council for History Education - Workshop
Conference March 26-28 - Montgomery, Alabama. “Tools for Guiding Student Research on Disability and Its Impacts” - Keene State College, and “Building Access to DBQs for Multilingual Learners" - Mass Council for the Social Studies. Info and registration.
Teaching Disability History Interest Group
Teachers, disability advocates, historians, higher education students and allied organizations meet quarterly to share resources and discuss how to advance the field. ASL and CART provided. Supported by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant. Next meeting is March 19, 5:00-6:00pm Eastern Time. To join the group, email Rich Cairn - rcairn @ collaborative.org.
Other Events
In-person, unless noted. Hybrid = in-person and virtual options.
July 27-30 - Three Branches Institute - Washington, DC - Free program for educators - apply by March 1 - White House Historical Association, Supreme Court Historical Society, and U.S. Capitol Historical Society.
Committed to Access and Inclusion of All Learners in Civics, History and Social Studies
Created in response to teacher requests in 2013, the History eNews emailed monthly short descriptions and links of quality history and social studies events and resources. Today, items appear in an Emerging America blog page, with regular Constant Contact email notices to our subscribers. Sign up free at the bottom of the page.
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Image Credits
Young voter - Voting with a disability - vote.gov - U.S. Government.
NCSS House of Delegates - December, 2025 - Photo by Rich Cairn.
Photo courtesy Museum of Disability History.
Photo montage courtesy National Council for History Education.
Photo of teachers in map room courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Civics and Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, Collaborative for Educational Services
Rich Cairn founded Emerging America in 2006, which features the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program at the Collaborative for Educational Services, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History program, "Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry." The Accessing Inquiry clearinghouse, supported by the Library of Congress TPS program promotes full inclusion of students with disabilities and English Learners in civics and social studies education.
