In successful high-poverty and high-minority schools in California, the predominant teaching method is direct instruction, where student learning is directed by and centered on the teacher. But a ...

Schools using Direct Instruction, a teaching method sometimes criticized for its tightly scripted teaching lessons, are generally seeing gains in student learning, according to a new package of ...

I was disappointed to read the recent Commentary by Dennis Baron (“The President’s Reading Lesson,” Sept. 8, 2004). Mr. Baron may or may not know something about reading instruction, but he knows ...

On September 12, AEI’s Robert Pondiscio hosted a panel to discuss direct and explicit instruction. Zach Groshell, a renowned instructional coach and expert in the field, opened the webinar with his ...