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Aug. 1-2, 2007
National Workshop on Stimulating and Sustaining Excitement and Discovery in K-12 STEM Education
This National Workshop on Stimulating and Sustaining Excitement and Discovery in K-12 Education is the first in a projected series designed to coalesce experts from academia, industry, and government in the area of K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education to map out a strategy for institutionalizing and sustaining a world-class K-12 STEM educational system.

Sept.14, 2007
NC 1-1 Learning Collaborative
The NC 1-1 Learning Collaborative is designed to support K-12 schools and districts that are implementing programs in which every student and teacher has a laptop computer, desktop computer, or other computing device, with ready access to the internet. Leadership teams from North Carolina schools that are implementing or planning a 1-1 technology initiative are invited to attend the initial meeting of the NC 1-1 Learning Collaborative, which will be held on September 14, 2007 at the Friday Institute on the NCSU Centennial Campus.

Past Events

Nov. 13-17, 2006
American Education Week events at the Friday Institute

Nov. 2, 2006
Facing 21st Century Organizations: The Role of Gender and Diversity in the Workplace
Dr. Laura Bierema has published widely on issues such as women's career development, organization development, and critical HRD. Her presentation will focus on...

Oct. 30, 2006
Cyberinfrastructure-enabled Learning Environments for Gen-Z
The current generation lives in an information age, where technology is an intrinsic and ubiquitous part of how they live and learn. The challenge for educators is...

Sept. 20, 2006
K-12 Open Technologies Summit offers glimpse into future of education
Collaboration was the theme for the K-12 Open Technologies Summit held recently at the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

June 15, 2006
NC Business Committee for Education: The business and education summit
State and national education officials and policy makers gathered at the Friday Institute in June for the North Carolina Center for 21st Century Skills Education Summit, hosted by the North Carolina Business Committee for Education (NCBCE).

Feb. 22, 2006
Friday Forum Series, “Creativity in Education.”
Richard Florida, the author of "Flight of the Creative Class," is the keynote speaker and joined a panel discussion by SAS CEO Jim Goodnight and N.C. Public Schools State Superintendent Dr. June St. Clair Atkinson.

Nov. 9, 2005
Friday Institute building dedication ceremony

March 28, 2005
Policy and Action Series, “Leandro, No Child Left Behind”
Robb Leandro, the namesake of a lawsuit filed against the State of North Carolina calling for more funding for low-income school districts, will join U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, N.C. Superior Court Judge Howard Manning Jr., Assistant Secretary of Education Raymond Simon, North Carolina school superintendents and other educational leaders to discuss the impact of the lawsuit and the No Child Left Behind legislation on the state’s public schools.

Feb. 25, 2005
Friday Forum Series, “Innovation in Education.”
“What’s Innovation Got to Do with It? Theory, Research and Action for Educational Change.” Dr. Denis Gray, a professor in NC State’s Department of Psychology, will discuss innovation processes in education, and Michael Brader-Araje, founding member of DonorsChoose NC and a member of the Friday Institute’s National Advisory Board, will present DonorsChoose as an example of a social innovation that has changed the formula for how teachers acquire funding for classroom projects.

Nov 12, 2004
Friday Forum Series, “Teacher Education: Meeting High Expectations in Difficult Times.”
Presentation from Dr. David Imig, president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE).

Sept. 24, 2004
Friday Forum Series, “Building a Nation of Learners: The Need for Changes in Teaching and Learning to Meet Global Challenges”
Presentation from UNC System President Molly Corbett Broad.

March 5, 2004
Friday Forum Series, “The Legacy of Brown: Choice, Affirmative Action and the Future of Desegregation”
Presentation from William Friday, President Emeritus, University of North Carolina

Feb. 6, 2004
Friday Forum Series, “Making an IMPACT: Making a Difference with Technology.”
Presentation from Frances Bradburn, Director Instructional Technologies, N.C. Department of Public Instruction.

Nov. 7, 2003
Friday Forum Series, “Moving the Digital Divide to Digital Equity.”
Presentation from Raymond Rose, Vice President of Concord Consortium

Oct. 3, 2003
Friday Forum Series, “Next Generation Learner.”
Presentation from Diana G. Oblinger, Executive Director for Higher Education for Microsoft.

Sept. 5, 2003
Friday Forum Series, “No Child Left Behind: Challenges and Opportunities for Teachers and Teacher Educators in North Carolina”
Presentations from Wake County Public School System Superintendent Bill McNeal, Vice President of Policy Studies and Program for Education Commission of the States Dr. Charles Coble, Senior Education Advisory to the Governor J.B. Buxton, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Mike Ward.