
Project OASIS – Optimizing Access for Students in Schools
Future focused research question
How can we create a future educational model where special education and labeling disabilities are not necessary for all students to have the optimal experience?Description
Imagine a future in which the designations of “disability” and “special education” did not need to exist for all students to access the optimal educational experience and achieve their full potential. This interdisciplinary project aims to challenge the status quo of special education and consider – How do we create a system that does not require special education? In other words, what educational model(s) can we envision and build that maximizes access to needed supports and evidence-based practices for all children, including those historically served in special education? Project OASIS will collaboratively design a future in which our schools optimize the success of all students.
Resources
Technology for the Next Education Workforce Beyond the One Teacher One Classroom Model ASU GSV 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LlQbuvfgHg
Billingsley, B., & Bettini, E. (2019). Special education teacher attrition and retention: A review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 89(5), 697-744.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654319862495
To serve every student well, plan for the tails, not the mean.
https://crpe.org/to-serve-every-student-well-design-for-the-tails-not-the-mean/
Members
Andrea Weinberg
Associate professor
Amber Benedict
Assistant professor
Brad Thompson
Doctoral student
Elizabeth Ruiz
Doctoral student
Erin Rotheram-Fuller
Associate professor
Evandra Catherine
Assistant professor
John O’Brien
Director
Juliet Hart Barnett
Professor
Katie Morris
Instructor
Lauren Katzman
Executive Director of Urban Collaborative
Maria Dixon
Clinical Professor, College of Health Solutions
Robin Lake
Director, The Center for Reinventing Public Education
Sherman Dorn
Professor
Sarup Mathur
Professor
Theodore Telepak
Instructor