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Partner with us to transform education for each and every learner. Listen to our podcast, Think Inclusive, to learn more about inclusive practices.

Think Inclusive exists to build bridges between families, educators, and people with disabilities to advocate for inclusive education.

10/29/2026

What makes a school the right school for a child?

For Dr. Emily W. King, author of The Neurodivergent Learner, it comes down to fit. There’s no best school, she says. There’s the one that fits your child. On the Think Inclusive podcast she talks with Tim Villegas about what to pay attention to: class size, transitions, the noise and crowds of the building, and the culture inside it.

Listen to Safe Before Ready: The Neurodivergent Learner with Dr. Emily W. King, PhD at https://go.mcie.org/VDEmJN or wherever you get your podcasts.

10/26/2026

“Words matter. But so do intent and impact, and how we respond matters too.”

On , Emily Ladau reminds us about choosing our words with care, why disability language deserves attention, and how to bring people into the conversation instead of shutting them out.

10/22/2026

Elana Meyers Taylor is usually introduced by her Olympic medals. But she says accolades aren’t where a person’s value comes from. “I believe the real value of a person lies in who they are, not in what they can do.” Elana joins Tim Villegas on the Think Inclusive Podcast to talk about raising her sons, why character matters more than achievements, and what that means for how schools see students. Listen at https://go.mcie.org/aQgmUy or wherever you get your podcasts.

10/21/2026

What does 14 years of real conversations about inclusion add up to? We think it’s worth a party. Join us for Building Belonging: A Birthday Bash, a live virtual celebration of 14 years of Think Inclusive. Get your ticket: https://givebutter.com/belonging-birthday-bash

December 1, Giving Tuesday
7:30 PM ET, online
Tickets are $14

Tim Villegas sits down with special guest Dr. Shelley Moore. You’ll also hear from a panel, play trivia together, and bring your own questions.

10/20/2026

"It’s 2026, we’ve been doing this for decades, right? It’s time that we move beyond just saying inclusion and inclusive education. We need to start specifying what we mean. Your selection of evidence-based practices and staffing arrangements, system changes, curriculum selection, all of those are really important and should be informed by the lived experience of students with disabilities." Michael McSheehan, owner and lead consultant of Evolve & Effect, LLC, LLC and TASH’s Inclusive Education Community of Practice member, joins the Think Inclusive podcast to talk about inclusion and what happens when we keep saying it without saying what we actually mean. Listen now at https://go.mcie.org/TPopmL or wherever you get your podcasts.

10/16/2026

What’s one conversation that could move inclusion forward at your school? Our Inclusive Conversation Starters resource offers five questions to help you and your colleagues identify changes you can make. Bring them to a team meeting, a co-planning session, or coffee with a colleague. Download the resource from https://mcie.org/resources/

10/08/2026

Listen to this week's episode at mcie.org or wherever you get your podcasts. https://go.mcie.org/Abpiwi

Meaningful employment takes risk. Students with disabilities deserve that chance, along with high expectations and the opportunity to work side by side with nondisabled peers.

Magen Rooney-Kron, assistant professor of inclusive education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, joins Tim Villegas on Think Inclusive to talk about dignity of risk and gives practical advice for preparing students with disability for jobs in their communities.

She explains why job coaches who fix every mistake take away the chance to learn, and why internships and paid community jobs build skills that job shadowing can't. She also points to research linking educator and parent expectations to whether students get jobs.

10/07/2026

What questions do you have for Think Inclusive guests? Drop them in the Inclusion Inbox at mcie.org/ask-a-future-guest/

10/05/2026

Katie Novak, UDL expert and author, reminds us of the power of high expectations.
Novak Educational Consulting

09/30/2026

What happens when a school decides from day one that every child learns in the same classroom? All of Us follows Ruby Bridges Elementary in Woodinville, Washington, a fully inclusive school that's seeing strong academic and social outcomes.

"This film is destined to become a classic example of what an inclusive school looks like in action." Tim Villegas, MCIE Interim Chief Executive Officer

Streaming on Apple TV starting October 1.
https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/all-of-us/umc.cmc.cguz6ydc8vd7m4o9e06gz5cd

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https://www.mcie.org/

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