S2 E1: It’s Not Just Reading

In the 1960s, an education outsider named Zig Engelmann begins challenging conventional ideas about what young children can learn. He teaches his 4-year-old twins basic algebra. But he has a hard time getting anyone in education to take him seriously, until a professor gives him a chance to see if his ideas will work in a classroom.

Read: What is Direct Instruction? (apmreports.org/story/2026/10/15/what-is-direct…)
Video: The 5 key concepts of DI (youtu.be/gDUMHdqcve4)
Video: Who was Zig Engelmann? (youtube.com/shorts/g_4kOdWud_s)

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