Projects: Wake Promise

Through Friday Institute projects, our teams conduct research, develop educational resources, provide professional development programs for educators, inform policy-making and prepare students for success.

Active Projects

Advancing Informal STEM Learning

The overarching goal of this program is to engage the public of all ages in learning STEM in informal environments.
Family Life Coaching Association (FLCA) Collaboration

This project is a partnership with the Family Life Coaching Association (FLCA) to promote family life coaching strategies for parent engagement in schools and student academic success.
Leadership for Collective Action Workshop

This Wake Promise workshop is designed to provide collective action teams, organizational leadership teams and community leaders with tools, insights and knowledge for leading, self leading others and leading systems of change using principles of collective action.
Literacy and Community Initiative (LCI)

A collaboration among NC State’s College of Education, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, and educational community-based organizations to amplify the voices of historically underserved students through literacy learning and publication of student-authored narratives.
Wake County Educational Resources Online Search Engine

A partnership with SAS and Youth Thrive to provide the Wake County community with a searchable database of educational resources.
Youth Thrive Educational Success Action Team

The Wake Promise is leading the action team tasked with the goal of helping 95% of students graduate high school ready for college and career.

Archived Projects