News and Updates: COVID-19 Support Resources

Back to School: Helping Children with Math
Aug 14, 2020
Friday Institute Faculty Fellow Jessica Hunt, Ph.D., shares tips for caregivers or parents who are trying to help their children at home learn math concepts ranging from counting and place value to fractions.
Back to School: Tips to Encourage Kids to Practice Reading, Writing
Aug 09, 2020
Friday Institute Faculty Fellow Crystal Chen, Ed.D., shares tips for encouraging reading and writing for children in grades 6-12.
Back to School: Preparing for Learning Online
Aug 06, 2020
Friday Institute Director of Technology Programs Mark Samberg, Ed.D., offers tips for educators and parents as they prepare for online learning.
Back to School: Helping Children Estimate 6 Feet, Understand Spread of Microbes
Aug 06, 2020
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.
Friday Institute’s Commitment to Educators, Students Continues Amidst Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
Jul 14, 2020
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.
EdNC: Perspective | We Can’t Put the Genie Back in the Bottle: Designing Next-Generation Education in the Time of Crisis
May 19, 2020
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.
Here to Help
May 18, 2020
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.
Looking Back to Think Forward: Reflecting on 9 weeks of remote learning in order to plan for the future
May 15, 2020
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.
We Can’t Put the Genie Back in the Bottle: Designing Next-Generation Education in the Time of Crisis
May 14, 2020
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, people in North Carolina, the U.S. and around the world are confined to their homes with no clear idea of when life will...
Friday Institute and NCDPI Release Instructional Design Resources to Support Educators in Remote Teaching and Learning
Apr 23, 2020
In partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI), the Friday Institute released two resources last week to provide guidance for remote learning across North Carolina.