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William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Partner with Us

Our partnerships deliver innovative teaching and learning to students and teachers across North Carolina and offer the opportunity for ongoing innovative educational research, evaluation and practice. See below for just a sample of the many partnerships we have with schools, districts and organizations.

School/District Partnerships

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Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School: Nine Key Lessons from the Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School Learning Differences Program

The Friday Institute implemented a deep dive into their free online course, Learning Differences, for teacher leaders at Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School.

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Person Early College for Innovation and Leadership (PECIL): Project-Based Inquiry (PBI) Global Program

PECIL has started their fourth year of collaboration with the Friday Institute’s New Literacies Collaborative.

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Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School: Research Practice Partnership

Together, Reedy Creek and the Friday Institute partnered to develop a culture of computational thinking within Reedy Creek’s digital sciences magnet program.

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Wake County Public School System: Making Computer Science (CS) STICK: Systemic Change for Teachers

The Friday Institute, in partnership with the Wake County Public School System, is developing a sustainable community of elementary teachers to support ongoing integration of computer science (CS) concepts into core content areas. By implementing a scalable professional development program and co-creating locally relevant curricular materials with teachers, the project team aims to increase access to computing education in elementary schools, ensuring that every student in North Carolina has the opportunity to experience CS regardless of historical stereotypes and institutional barriers.

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Vance County Public Schools: zSpace STEM Lab

With the help of a team from the NC State College of Education and the Friday Institute, students at Vance County Schools have had the opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in ways that were never possible before.

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Warren County Public Schools: Robotics Program

Friday Institute staff taught a three-week robotics class as part of Warren County Schools’ (WCS) Summer Bridge Acceleration Camp.

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The partnership that Centennial Campus Magnet Middle has with the NC State College of Education and the Friday Institute is truly unique. Our location on campus makes it so easy to work collaboratively, plus we have the opportunity to participate in and help develop innovative education practices, from teacher training to classroom implementation. Together, we are building a community that improves and creates quality education for all learners.

Lindsay Strickland
Magnet Coordinator & University Connections Liaison
Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School

Designing Our Partnership Path

Staff and faculty from Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School, NC State’s College of Education and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation reflect on their collaborations and examine their shared commitment to learners.

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Research and Evaluation Partnerships

Friday Institute Partners with NCCU, IEI to Help NCDIT Develop Digital Equity Plan for North Carolina

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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

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Friday Institute and Duke University SSRI Partner to Better Understand the Impact of NC Summer Learning Programs

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