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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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Friday Institute Forges a Path in Online Professional Learning

Nine years ago, the Friday Institute launched an initiative focused on meeting the growing needs of schools and equipping educators with research-based professional development. Since then, online professional learning at the Friday Institute has served more than 76,000 educators in 50 states and more than 160 countries. With the onset of COVID-19, the project saw a tenfold increase in participants in the spring—serving more than 25,000 participants and making 2020 the project’s most successful year of courses.

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"When we acknowledge, learn about, respect and celebrate each other's various backgrounds, we have opportunities to open dialogue from a place of understanding, empathy and compassion. These core tenets of education are critical so that every student, teacher, family and educational stakeholder experiences an educational system where they are valued and respected." -Dr. Kevin Winn, Research Assistant "When we acknowledge, learn about, respect and celebrate each other's various backgrounds, we have opportunities to open dialogue from a place of understanding, empathy and compassion. These core tenets of education are critical so that every student, teacher, family and educational stakeholder experiences an educational system where they are valued and respected." -Dr. Kevin Winn, Research Assistant

Staff Spotlight: Dr. Kevin Winn

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TIME’s 2020 Top Young Innovator, Gitanjali Rao, Shares 4 Tips for Making STEM Fun

TIME’s 2020 Top Young Innovator, Gitanjali Rao, shared four tips for educators during our Next Generation Education webinar on how to make science more approachable and relevant for students.

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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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