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A few months ago, I had the honor of being the keynote speaker at The Matan Institute for Early Childhood Educators. My topic? Defining inclusion in order to build a classroom for all students. [...]

Sometimes you never know where your next inspiration will come from. One might go days or weeks or even months without having that moment that stops you in your tracks; makes you question [...]

This post, written by Leah Hager Cohen, originally ran on April 25, 2014 on Cognoscenti. Every school day for five years, I drove to and from the low brick building on a shady residential street [...]

Written by Meredith Polsky, Matan’s Director of Advocacy and Training Three years ago, I called a parent meeting for one of our Matan classes. Most of the children had started with us at age 6. [...]

Meredith, Matan’s Director of Training and Advocacy, teaches an online course at Gratz College entitled Special Needs in Jewish Education. This post is the product of an assignment in which [...]

Written by Meredith Polsky, Matan’s Director of Advocacy and Training Last month, Matan kicked off its Inaugural Matan Institute for Early Childhood Educators. There were several really [...]

Written by Kveller, originally published on Kveller.com, February 6, 2014 February is officially Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), and we’re happy to partner again with Matan to run a [...]