Where did RtI come from? Here is a piece from the archives by George/Rob on where RtI comes from and its relationship to PBIS- I suppose we are all “tainted” now in some quarters- as it is associated with the conservative emphasis at that time on establishing an evidence-base in education, NCLB, and literacy, with the Bush administration- separate discussion also on PBIS roots we would need to have- there are two traditions- one from the low incidence (e.g., intellectual disabilities), which tend to be more advocacy and community based, and those from the emotional and behavioral disorder tradition, which tend to be more school based. Every field has its traditions and what things came out of- Eslami/Bowman could likely relate a similar story from Bilingual tradition which is a bit separate from the ESL tradition…. Same with General education- or curriculum and instruction…. part of our job is to do as my colleague Mike Nelson said- “To get the Farmers and the Ranchers to talk to one another.” MDB Mack D. Burke, Ph.D. Department of Educational Psychology Applied Behavior Analysis and Special Education Programs Behavioral Education & Assessment Research (BEAR Lab) School of Education, Baylor University