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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Here’s some very exciting news:<span> </span>For the second season of Sold a Story, Emily
Hanford and her team are focusing on my Direct Instruction (DI)! <span> </span>See the link to the trailer below.<span> </span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have been impressed with the thoroughness and effort that
has gone into this 2<sup>nd</sup> season.<span>
</span>Emily and her team did an incredibly thorough job of researching,
conducting interviews of me and many others in the DI world, visiting schools
with me and others to see DI in action, and asking TONS of questions.<span> </span>I am excited to see what will make it into
the episodes of the second season.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please help spread the word about Sold a Story.<span> </span>I will wait to see all of the episodes before
making my final judgement, but I think after decades of suppression and
misinformation about DI, the truth about DI may finally see the light of day!<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kurt</p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">
<font color="#888888"><pre><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Kurt E. Engelmann, Ph.D., President
The National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI)</span></pre></font><p class="MsoNormal"></p><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><a href="https://www.nifdi.org/training-events/events-calendar/training-event/ca1-2023.html" target="_blank"></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">Get the most comprehensive guide to implementing DI available
– </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b><i>Direct Instruction: A Practitioner’s Handbook</i></b>
(2024), </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">published by John Catt/Hodder Education</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/direct-instruction-handbook" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/direct-instruction-handbook</a></font>
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<i>Sold a Story</i> is back with a new season that goes beyond reading.<br><br>
Emily Hanford explores an approach to teaching that's been largely rejected by the education system — despite decades of evidence that it works. <br><br>
The trailer is in the <i>Sold a Story</i> podcast feed today, as well as on <a style="color:rgb(184,35,47)" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__click.connect.americanpublicmedia.org_-3Fqs-3DABp7ImQiOjUwMTYsInQiOjEzMzA0LCJzIjoxfQABAAAAAAIU4b771FZ0ImO1eImg6oR6nA5QbLSKu1miPKnVz0p-2DaXdDoh-5Fyr0w6nzlXwZ56s0uFFWGTTvouL4-5F4ZXUHYUidYh9Z71kcDBZeFhumvg&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=aNcTS2uT1N5QiMta9Y8sluib2D-oqZhQ-CeExApeOxQ&m=rgMWszBOjryKGj_o6IRWS8Q0E0WGHik6Q77LXxYpKNCatbSsydlNlF0x9H3RyiE_&s=Ir5eBh7dH5FP9ysfqURcnj3ooE0P-aKBX9wjfnVZ3yc&e=" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a style="color:rgb(184,35,47)" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__click.connect.americanpublicmedia.org_-3Fqs-3DABp7ImQiOjUwMTYsInQiOjEzMzA0LCJzIjoxfQABAAAAAAIU4b771cZXmxQ8Mlic30hYpMW8NnBxTKesC-5FHn0R6cYFXNwGMgDKge4Y3wLfslW-5FQE4eRkPdqQpko0JIJoK5370zQIgNwchzuiBhNhJg&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=aNcTS2uT1N5QiMta9Y8sluib2D-oqZhQ-CeExApeOxQ&m=rgMWszBOjryKGj_o6IRWS8Q0E0WGHik6Q77LXxYpKNCatbSsydlNlF0x9H3RyiE_&s=6Qs1mLhX8XvbK3wOBMg2iYNXdgYR3SCpIW5F90lYv0c&e=" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a style="color:rgb(184,35,47)" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__click.connect.americanpublicmedia.org_-3Fqs-3DABp7ImQiOjUwMTYsInQiOjEzMzA0LCJzIjoxfQABAAAAAAIU4b771v8sWPz6-5FsO0O8yFp0mVBxIQzslIkXLD3lzPjvXd-5FL0cESC5WWj4WU3G1IgeQas35OXDxEFvtIn96Pw7EpDfDGZ64HKCESP6kg&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=aNcTS2uT1N5QiMta9Y8sluib2D-oqZhQ-CeExApeOxQ&m=rgMWszBOjryKGj_o6IRWS8Q0E0WGHik6Q77LXxYpKNCatbSsydlNlF0x9H3RyiE_&s=IAXK1gGpmWJIy_spDj5XTrVPyOVaI0P_PMOUUczn_Lo&e=" target="_blank">TikTok</a>. Follow for more video this season, which starts ... Oct. 15.<br><br><br>
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