Through an equity lens, New Literacies Collaborative (NLC) scholars collaborate with diverse educators and students to develop, evaluate and scale new literacies' innovations throughout North Carolina and around the world. We conduct research, create professional learning experiences, and design student-centered pedagogies grounded in the theoretical and practical intersections of literacy, digital technologies, and global competencies.
Funders:
- Institute of Education Sciences
- The Longview Foundation
- National Science Foundation
- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
- Ragland Foundation
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Wuzhong Group
Updates
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Professor Emerita Hiller Spires Redefines Global Literacies, Provides Books to Underserved Schools Through New Projects
NC State College of Education Professor Emerita and Friday Institute Executive Director Emerita Hiller Spires is helping to develop a unique definition of global literacies through a new book while also working to promote literacy locally and globally through a recently founded organization that provides books to under-resourced areas.
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Collaborative Team at Friday Institute, College of Education to Assess ATR Program Impact on Teaching and Learning in North Carolina with New NCDPI Grant
A recently funded one-year, $249,909 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) grant will allow a collaborative team from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and the NC State College of Education to assess the impact of the teacher compensation models and advanced teaching roles (ATR) program on teaching and learning in North Carolina.
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New Literacies Collaborative Facilitates Cross-Cultural Student Virtual Exchange On Adolescent Mental Wellness
The New Literacies Collaborative at the Friday Institute facilitated a cross-cultural student virtual exchange between Wake Early College of Health and Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Bundesrealgymnasium (BRG) Traun in Traun, Austria, that focused on adolescent mental wellness across national contexts.
