RISE was expanded in the summer of 1996, and again in the summer of 97, and now stands poised to assist all schools in their endeavors to serve all students. Today, the RISE Project has evolved into a school reform and restructuring project. Our task is to bridge the gaps between research and practice and between general, vocational-technical, early childhood and special education. We do this by providing technical assistance to educators, schools, and school systems as they implement exemplary best and promising organizational, curricular, and instructional practices for ALL school-aged children and youth. We believe in a unified educational system in which special education is a service, not a place.
Good teaching IS good teaching.
At any given point in time, some students with AND without IEPs need individualized, personalized attention. As Special Education evolved in the 70's and 80's the best intentions went awry. In some schools any child labeled as deviant was placed in a separate environment. SPED Classes swelled with students with ADHD and Learning disabilities. There was a paradigm shift in which the teacher was responsible for delivering information in a singular manner and the students were responsible for learning it.