News and Updates
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THE Journal: Closing the Digital Divide
Based on her work on the homework gap, Friday Institute Research Associate Erin Huggins offers tips to address the digital divide and help students get the technology they need for internet access.
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Code.org Collaborates with Friday Institute for New Virtual PD Model
In an effort to support Code.org partners across the country to deliver high-quality summer professional development, the Friday Institute has partnered with Code.org for their first-ever virtual summer workshop model in place of in-person workshops.
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Friday Institute Hosts Statewide Virtual Educational Equity Conference
The Friday Institute's first-ever educational equity conference will be held July 21-22.
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Friday Institute Launches Student Video Contest to Find Out What Students Want for the Future of Education
The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, in partnership with LearnPlatform and the Wake Partnership for Postsecondary Success, is running its first-ever student video contest, called reImagining Schools, to give students a voice in what the future of education and learning looks like for the state of North Carolina.
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Education Week: What to Do for Families With Internet Access Too Slow for Remote Learning
Ray Zeisz, Friday Institute Director of the Technology Infrastructure Lab, has been working since before the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on a survey that will help the state of North Carolina get a better picture of its broadband access landscape.
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A Message From the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
We at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation join with the many people who are saddened and outraged by racial injustices and the escalation of violence within our country.
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Creating Sense of Awe Increases Student Interest in Science and Provides Comfort With Uncertainty
North Carolina science educators learned how they can use awe to increase their students' interest and motivation to learn science during a daylong virtual workshop.
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EdNC: Perspective | We can’t put the genie back in the bottle: Designing next-generation education in the time of crisis
Hiller A. Spires, Ph.D., shares her takeaways from the Friday Institute's Next Generation Education webinar series to provide guidance for the future of education.
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Here to Help
Learn more about how the Friday Institute and NC DPI partnered to provide resources and support for North Carolina teachers during the transition to remote learning.
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Looking Back to Think Forward: Reflecting on 9 weeks of remote learning in order to plan for the future
Read these takeaways from Friday Institute Research Scholar Jaclyn Stevens on what she's learned over the last nine weeks of remote learning and tips for educators for self-reflection.
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Friday Institute Adds Two New Members to Advisory Board
Hiller A. Spires has appointed two new members to the Friday Institute’s Advisory Board--Kevin Howell and Patricia Willoughby.
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Former U.S. Secretary of Education John King: ‘We Have No Future’ if Education Doesn’t Improve for Minority and Low-Income Students in U.S.
Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. spoke about why he chose to become a teacher, the biggest challenges he sees in education today and how the NC State College of Education can play a role in addressing those challenges.