Donate to NIFDI
Help shape a brighter future for children by contributing to NIFDI! Together, we can create a legacy of success.
For over 30 years, the National Institute for Direct Instruction has supported schools’ efforts to give students the best opportunity for success and to develop teachers’ skills in using the finest tools to ensure that success.
By making your tax-deductible donation to NIFDI, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, you can help us impact the lives of more children. Select the program areas you want your money to support:
- Training and Coaching – Providing on-site training and coaching to schools, as well as open-registration training events.
- Educational Outreach – Offering videos, articles, and other tools and materials to promote the effective use of Direct Instruction.
- General Funding – Help with day-to-day operations.
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About Our Programs
Training & Coaching
Reforming Schools Through DI
NIFDI has provided direct support to over 200 schools worldwide as they implement DI, transforming failing schools into highly effective models of instruction. Through these schools, NIFDI has positively impacted tens of thousands of students who would likely have otherwise experienced failure and personal tragedy. Through your tax-deductible donation to NIFDI, you can help change the lives of many more students like those at City Springs School in Baltimore, Maryland:
City Springs Maryland State Assessment in Reading. 2004-2005 had 33% of students meeting or exceeding benchmark. Numbers jumped to 79% in 2009-2010.
Open Registration Training Events
NIFDI also conducts open-enrollment Institutes and Conferences where educators receive training on program implementation, coaching, and administrative leadership. These open-registration events provide the same training that schools partnering with NIFDI have received for years. Your donation can help us defray the costs of these events for participants, helping to provide more educators access to quality training.
Educational Outreach
Many people – educators and non-educators alike – do not know that Direct Instruction is the most viable solution to educational failure. Through the production of videos, tutorials, presentations, booklets, supplementary materials, and the like, decision makers have the opportunity to hear and see the powerful effect DI can have on student performance.
DI can have on student performance. NIFDI also works with community groups and other non-academic organizations to help them understand how to influence the decisions their local school districts make regarding curriculum and instruction. Through these partnerships, NIFDI has helped bring DI into a number of schools. You can help introduce Direct Instruction to hundreds more by making a tax-deductible contribution to NIFDI in support of educational outreach efforts.
Each of these areas is important to our goal of giving every student the greatest chance of becoming an educated, productive citizen in today’s world. Through your tax-deductible donation, you can join NIFDI in making a difference in the lives of children.