Exploring the Future of Education

May is a complicated month in K-12 classrooms. The year is almost over, which means there's urgency around students who still haven't quite gotten there, and exhaustion among the teachers trying to reach them. It's also the moment when the distance between what UDL promises and what's actually in place becomes hardest to ignore.Kami Companion…

Every student deserves to access content without barriers. But for too many learners, the documents and digital books teachers create every day put up walls before class even begins. A poorly structured PDF, an image without alt text, a video with no captions — each of these quietly excludes someone. Creating accessible documents for students…

Use this passage with the Kami Companion toolbar to see what students in science class may experience. The Architect of Broken Things A Secondary School Mathematics Reading Passage Mara had always been better at breaking things than building them. That changed the summer her uncle handed her a set of blueprints and said, "Tell me…

Use this passage with the Kami Companion toolbar to see what students in Social Studies class may experience. When the River Runs Dry A 9th Grade Social Studies Reading Passage The river had always been there. For the farmers in the valley below, it was not simply a water source — it was the boundary…

Use this passage with the Kami Companion toolbar to see what students in English class may experience. The Last Mechanic A 6th Grade Reading Passage The robot arrived on a Tuesday, which Priya thought was an unremarkable day for something so extraordinary. It stood in the doorway of the repair shop where her grandmother worked…

Use this passage with the Kami Companion toolbar to see what students in science class may experience. The Great Water Journey: How the Earth Recycles Water Have you ever wondered if the water you used to brush your teeth this morning is the exact same water a Tyrannosaurus rex drank millions of years ago? It sounds crazy,…

Education has long been one of humanity’s defining endeavors. More than 2,300 years ago, the Ancient Greeks established the Academy in Athens - a place where inquiry, debate, and mentorship laid the groundwork for modern learning. The Romans later developed formal schooling systems aimed at preparing citizens for civic responsibilities. Similarly, in the Middle East,…

Welcome to the second ‘myth buster’ article in our brand-new series. Today, we’re looking at a persistent misconception: that Kami is only useful for certain age groups or grade levels. At first glance, it’s easy to see why some people might think that. A tool known for PDF annotation might seem more suited to high…

“Tech” in the classroom If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a teacher. But, before you were a teacher, in times of yore, you were also probably a student. It’s plain to see that classrooms have changed quite a bit since “the old days”. Blackboards and chalk are gone, overhead projectors sit in storage, and…

Personalized instruction, sometimes called Personalized learning, is a powerful new approach to education. It emphasizes students’ autonomy in their own education. It lets them choose what they learn, and at what pace. It’s a well-documented approach to education that is picking up momentum around the world. This approach is complemented by a similar approach called…

Teaching has always been a balance between implementing new technology and respecting tried and tested traditional education tools. In a world where it seems a new device is invented every eight hours, this balance is becoming even more difficult to navigate. This is also a component in the Universal Design for Learning that we discuss…

Anyone who has been in the education industry for more than a week will understand teaching is always evolving. As the world changes, so do young people, and the teachers’ standards and lesson plans need to change with them. Each year, more research and studies show different approaches and how each student is a unique…