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Helping create next-generation education systems.

Advancing education through innovation in digital-age teaching, learning and leadership, we bring together students, teachers, researchers, policy-makers, educational professionals and other community members to foster collaborations in improving education.

We conduct research, develop educational resources, provide professional development programs for educators, advocate to improve teaching and learning, and help inform policy-making.

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By The Numbers

71,000+ Educators served online since March 2020
115 North Carolina school districts served
160+ Countries represented in Friday Institute online courses since 2014

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A Message From the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

As 2021 unfolds, reflection gives way to transformation. The events of 2020 served to hold a looking glass to how we live, how we work and how we learn. At the Friday Institute, we have renewed our commitment to educational innovation, not only as a way to secure a successful future for our students, staff and faculty but also to secure our institution’s legacy as an agency of change.

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COVID-19 Support Resources

Click here for a collection of resources to support educators in remote learning.

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Professor Hollylynne S. Lee Selected as Finalist for Baylor’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching

Hollylynne S. Lee, Ph.D., senior faculty fellow at the Friday Institute  and professor of mathematics and statistics education in the NC State College of Education, has been selected as one of three finalists for Baylor University’s highly prestigious 2022 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

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Behind the Scenes of North Carolina’s At-Home Learning Initiative

The Friday Institute facilitated the creation and implementation of 192 literacy and math lessons for PreK-5 students as part of the At-Home Learning initiative for remote education in partnership with NC Department of Public Instruction and PBS North Carolina (PBS NC). Most of these lessons will air this year on PBS NC.

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Friday Institute Adds Three New Members to Advisory Board

The Friday Institute added three members to its advisory board this month: Dr. Catherine Edmonds, Ashlie Bucy and Dr. Anthony D. Jackson.

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Our three areas of impact are at the core of our work, guiding our vision of all learners being prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world.

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