The National Institute for Direct Instruction has created a spreadsheet DI Materials Cost Worksheet  that will aid administrators and other decision makers in determining program material costs. Constructed as a Microsoft Excel document, simply enter the quantities for each title and component into the worksheet and the total estimated cost is automatically calcuated at the bottom of the sheet. NIFDI does not sell programs directly and recommends this worksheet as a tool for estimating only. Users need to verify actual pricing from the publisher or through their sales representative.

Need teacher materials? Now is the time to buy! McGraw-Hill Education is running a special on teacher kits now through December 16, 2013. Buy 2 teacher materials packages of your favorite SRA Direct Instruction programs and get 1 FREE! Call 800-344-7344 and mention promo code FALL2013ESSENTIALS.

K12 leaders highlight products that enhance learning in another record-breaking year for nominations 

EUGENE (December 1, 2013) McGraw-Hill's Reading Mastery Signature Edition, Funnix Beginning Reading and Funnix Beginning Math have been recognized for making a positive difference in education by K12 leaders who named it to District Administration magazine’s “Readers’ Choice Top 100 Product for 2013.”

The winners, selected by District Administration’s editors from a record 1,800-plus nominations, were products that received the highest number of nominations and best descriptions from K-12 leaders. The Readers’ Choice Top 100 has been announced online and in the December issue of District Administration.

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As most of you know, Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia of over 30 million community-submitted articles detailing everything from historical events to pop culture celebrities to scientific theories. Now, Direct Instruction's very own Siegfried "Zig" Engelmann has joined the world of Wikipedia as an article in the popular internet resource! The National Institute for Direct Instruction wrote and submitted Zig's entry that was recently accepted for publication into Wikipedia - or as we now call it, "Zigipedia"! Check out Zig's entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Engelmann.