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

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 ...