50th Anniversary of the Publication of Your Child Can Succeed In 1975, Simon and Schuster published Your Child Can Succeed: How to Get the Most Out of School for Your Child. The text, authored by Siegfried Engelmann, is a critique of the educational system and a guidebook for how to remedy the system’s failure to

Date Change for the 52nd National Direct Instruction Conference and Institutes–Hotel Room Block Open Due to a scheduling conflict, the dates for the 52nd National Direct Instruction Conference and Institutes are July 20-24, 2026. We are happy to announce that you are able to secure your room for the conference week. The most comprehensive Direct Instruction training

Remembering Siegfried “Zig” Engelmann November 26, 2025, would have marked Siegfried “Zig” Engelmann’s 94th birthday. He passed in 2019 after an amazingly productive and full life. Zig was the creator of Direct Instruction (DI), beginning with his work in education in 1965. Zig devoted most of his life to bettering the lives of children by

Help NIFDI Make a Difference For 30 years, the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI) has partnered with schools worldwide to improve the lives of all students. Please help us make a difference by donating during this season of Thanksgiving. Your donation can help support our work in schools like: A very rural tribal K-12

Carl Hendrick to Present Keynote at the National Direct Instruction Conference and Institutes! We are pleased to announce that Dr. Carl Hendrick will be the featured keynote speaker at the National Direct Instruction Conference and Institutes in Eugene, Oregon, on July 21, 2026. Dr. Hendrick is an internationally recognized expert in the science of learning

Zach Groshell Releases Podcast Featuring International Educators Zach Groshell recently released episode 13 of the DI Podcast. This installment features interviews with educators Jon Owen in the United Kingdom and Jessica Colleu Terradas in Australia. They share their experience in implementing DI in a variety of settings. They both speak of the need for high-quality