McGraw Hill Australia is proud to announce that its Direct Instruction Programs will be implemented in a number of remote schools as part of a new government funding initiative, in association with our partner Good to Great Schools Australia. Spearheaded by Indigenous leader Noel Pearson, DI programs will be featured as part of a $126 million bid to boost outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Pam Judge has experienced the benefits of DI, many times over. Having first been introduced to Reading Mastery Fast Cycle while teaching Year 2 and 3 students in a mid-west Western Australian country town in the 1980s. Pam detailed her experience in an article for Bulletin published by the Learning Difficulties Australia in October 2014...

At a recent event called Scaling up success in majority Indigenous schools, Noel Pearson, distinguished orator, and Founder and Co-Chair of Good to Great Schools, spoke about Direct Instruction (DI), specifically his experience with DI programs in two primary schools in Cape York.