Direct Instruction programs have long drawn criticism from educators who say they limit teacher autonomy. But surveys suggest ...

In the 1960s, the United States government wanted to find the best way to teach kids who were behind. A federal study called ...

In a poor, Black neighborhood in Houston, Principal Thaddeus Lott transforms a struggling elementary school with Direct Instruction. Soon, his students are outperforming students at much wealthier ...

In the 1960s, a man named Siegfried “Zig” Engelmann set out to answer a question about how kids learn: How many times does a child need to be exposed to something before they remember it? Engelmann ...

At an experimental preschool in Illinois, Zig Engelmann and his colleagues begin turning his ideas into a classroom teaching method. Along the way, they make a series of discoveries about effective ...

In the 1960s, an education outsider named Zig Engelmann begins challenging conventional ideas about what young children can learn. He teaches his 4-year-old twins basic algebra. But he has a hard time ...