Recently, 4,000 participants from across the US attended the National Charter Schools Conference in Washington, D.C. This event, sponsored by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, offered sessions for those involved in Governance, Leadership, Operations, Policy and Instruction. Kathy Madigan from NIFDI and Dolores Gonzales from IDEA Schools presented a session Using Direct Instruction to Improve Student Achievement: The Partnership between IDEA Schools and NIFDI. Participants learned about the progress students at schools partnering with NIFDI were making and NIFDI's support for the Full Immersion Model for implementing Direct Instruction. Additionally, the session covered the technical aspects of a DI implementation, including management, staff development and supervision issues.

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Learn more about the conference at: http://www.publiccharters.org/Conference/2013/Home.aspx

More information about IDEA Public Schools is available at: http://www.ideapublicschools.org

Download the PowerPoint Presentation: IDEA_NIFDI_NationalCharterSchoolPresentation.pptx