RELEVANT READING

• Victory for charter schools? (Baltimore Sun Editorial | 9/11/06)
• Direct Instruction & Open Court Fact Sheet (PDF)
  
• Direct Instruction Fact Sheet (PDF)
  
• Direct Instruction & ESL Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Direct Instruction & Special Education Fact Sheet (PDF)
• The Bottom Line
  From the Baltimore Sun, 9/28/2005
  Charter School OP/ED
  By James W. Campbell
• Farbman, D. & Kaplan, C. (2005). Time for a Change: The Promise of Extended-Time Schools for Promoting Student Achievement. Boston, MA: Massachusetts 2020.
• Rosenshine, B. (1996). Advances in Research on Instruction. In J.W. Lloyd, E.J. Kameanui, and D. Chard (Eds.) (1997) Issues in educating students with disabilities. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum: Pp. 197-221.
• Rosenshine, B. (2002). Converging Findings on Classroom Instruction. In A. Molnar (Ed.) School Reform Proposals: The Research Evidence. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing: Pp. 9-9.30.
• Rosenshine, B. (2005). Helping Students from Low-Income Families. OQE Forum, 14, 19-20.

LINKS

• Association for Direct Instruction
  http://www.adihome.org
  Explains Direct Instruction and provides links and other interesting information.
• The Battle of City Springs (video)
  "The Battle of City Springs" is a video that documents a one-year period during which the school struggled to implement the research-based Direct Instruction curriculum in an effort to improve students' academic performance and behavior. To order the video, contact BCP. The cost is $15.00 and includes an Epilogue, as well as shipping and handling.
• Core Knowledge Foundation
  http://www.coreknowledge.org/ Provides overview of Core Knowledge, resources, etc.
• Effective School Practices Journal (Winter 1995-96)
  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adiep/ft/151toc.htm
  Describes Project Follow Through and the success of Direct Instruction.
• Maryland General Assembly
  http://mlis.state.md.us/
• Maryland Public Charter School Act of 2003
  http://mlis.state.md.us/2003rs/billfile/SB0075.htm
• National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators
  http://idea.uoregon.edu/~ncite/
  P rovides teachers with information about research-based practices and strategies for the classroom.
• National Institute for Direct Instruction
  http://www.nifdi.org
  The National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI) is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to providing school districts with a solid training program and approach for the implementation of DI in districts, schools and classrooms.
• Preventing Reading Difficulties Web Site
  http://stills.nap.edu/html/sor/sor-4.htm
  This is an interesting web site with information about preventing reading difficulties in young children, on-line resources, research citations, and a lot of other information helpful to teachers and parents alike.