On Friday, Tony Abbott visited the Aurukun campus of the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy in western Cape York to see the impressive results the school is achieving through Direct Instruction (DI) with support from the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI). Mr. Abbott was at the school, along with a group of senior business leaders, volunteering for a “working bee” – a sweat equity project that targeted improving the school library. But, this wasn’t the only appeal to visiting Aurukun. Abbott had the chance to see what he describes as a “transformed school” from his visit just three years earlier where DI has delivered “staggering results”.

Read more about Tony Abbott’s visit to Cape York and Aurukun’s impressive transformation through Direct Instruction:

Elated pupils say it all
Austrlian Financial Review (August 13, 2012)
http://afr.com/p/national/bold_education_plan_gets_directly_yj5Hvk2cDmKtbK9YYKnPUO
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Leading a local learning revolution (Click title to left for printable PDF)
The Sydney Morning Herald (August 13, 2012)
http://www.smh.com.au/national/leading-a-local-learning-revolution-20120812-242vj.html

Remote school shifts gears for brighter future (Click title to left for printable PDF)
theage.com.au (August 11, 2012)
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/remote-school-shifts-gears-for-brighter-future-20120810-23zya.html