News and Updates
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Back to School: Preparing for learning online
Friday Institute Director of Technology Programs Mark Samberg, Ed.D., offers tips for educators and parents as they prepare for online learning.
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Back to School: Helping Children Estimate 6 Feet, Understand Spread of Microbes
Friday Institute Senior Faculty Fellow Gail Jones, Ph.D., offers tips to help ease the transition of returning to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic for parents and caregivers.
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Educators Share Lessons From the NC Conference for Educational Equity
More than 2,600 people from public schools, businesses and community organizations registered for the NC Conference for Educational Equity. Hear lessons learned from these attendees in this event recap.
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Friday Institute Adds Two New Faculty Fellows to Fellowship Program
NC State College of Education Associate Professor Jessica Hunt, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Crystal Chen Lee, Ed.D., were selected to serve two-year terms as 2020-2022 Friday Institute faculty fellows.
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EdNC: Beyond Conversations: 6 Areas of Focus in Creating Inclusive Schools
Reporter Rupen Fofaria shares six examples of how educators can bring equity practices into schools based on his takeaways from the Friday Institute NC Conference for Educational Equity.
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EdNC: Where to Begin Achieving Equity in Education? Courageous Conversations.
Reporter Rupen Fofaria shares his big takeaway from the Friday Institute's two-day virtual NC Conference for Educational Equity.
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Friday Institute’s Commitment to Educators, Students Continues Amidst Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
The Friday Institute is continuing its commitment to supporting educators, collaborating with its community and providing resources for teaching and learning while educators and students are at home.
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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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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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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.