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EdNC: Learning Differences: More than a Politically Correct Term for Learning Disabilities

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Nov 6, 2019

Crowdsourcing Science

Friday Institute Faculty Fellow Gail Jones surveyed citizen scientists and science hobbyists across the country, discovering the lack of diversity in these communities.

Oct 1, 2019

#PassTheMicYouth: Micdrop: Juntos Means Together

This episode of #PassTheMicYouth features a conversation among young literary activists from the Juntos program as they discuss what young people bring to the table, the ways they've told the stories of their community, and what they've learned along the way.

Aug 29, 2019

Digital Learning Collaborative: Get online! It’s story time! Let’s talk about literacy and equity

Friday Institute Research Associate Dr. Patricia Hilliard shares how educators are filling gaps in reading achievement and access to books with creative solutions.

May 3, 2019

IES Director Highlights Friday Institute MOOC-Eds in First-Year Report

In a recent report of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director Mark Schneider’s first-year accomplishments, two of the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation’s Massive Open Online Courses for Educators (MOOC-Eds) were highlighted as examples of how IES’ Practice Guides are translated into practice.

May 3, 2019

Digital Learning Collaborative: Screen time in school: Good, bad, or to be determined?

When a concerned parent asks Digital Innovation Coach Dr. Patricia Hilliard how much screen time her child will get when her school 'goes digital', Dr. Hilliard starts to examine how digital learning contributes to any potential harm associated with screen time.

May 2, 2019

Digital Promise: Micro-credentials to Support Learner Variability in the Classroom

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and Digital Promise Global’s Learner Variability Project collaborated to create a set of micro-credentials for educators as they design learning experiences specifically for each of their diverse learners.

Apr 19, 2019

EdNC: From Fear to Understanding: The Parent’s Journey Through Their Child’s Learning Differences

Parents are in the best position to begin a child’s education around his or her learning difference. At the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, the learning differences team created a parent’s handbook designed to equip parents to do just that.

Apr 18, 2019

EdNC: Teachers Eager to Gain Better Understanding of Learning Differences

The Friday Institute has helped develop a Massive Online Open Course for Educators (MOOC-Ed) that K-12 teachers, instructional coaches, instructional support teams and administrators can take to supplement their understanding of learning differences and adopt a common vocabulary around everyday struggles in their classrooms.

Apr 17, 2019

EdNC: For Students, Success with Learning Differences Means Self-Advocacy and Finding Comfort in Community

At NC State’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, a team has put together various courses on learning differences: one multi-course designed for students and another designed for teachers.

Apr 16, 2019

EdNC: Learning Differences: More than a Politically Correct Term for Learning Disabilities

In part two of this series on learning differences, EdNC reporter Rupen Fofaria takes a look at what “learning differences” means with Friday Institute's Alex Dreier and Dr. Mary Ann Wolf.