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2025 Friday Medal Awarded to Alfred Mays of Burroughs Wellcome Fund

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Apr 7, 2026

Friday Institute’s Callie Edwards Elected NCARE President-Elect

Callie Edwards, director of program evaluation and education research and director of strategic initiatives at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, has stepped into a new statewide leadership role. In…
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Apr 1, 2026

College of Education Faculty and Friday Institute Staff Win AERA Division L Long Policy Report Award

A team of researchers from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and NC State College of Education have been awarded the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division L Outstanding Long…
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Mar 23, 2026

Education Leaders and Partners Champion Change at Friday Institute’s Education in Motion Summit

“North Carolina public schools exceed goal to be first in U.S. by 2030.” “Students and teachers are excited for school.” “NC lights the path for learning innovation and lifelong curiosity.”…
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Jan 14, 2026

Educators Work to Advance CS in Elementary Education at Statewide Convening at the Friday Institute

Computer science may be thought of as an advanced subject, but elementary school teachers are already teaching computer science (CS) standards; they just don’t realize it. For example, beginning-of-the-day routines…
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Nov 24, 2025

NCDPI, Friday Institute, MCNC Launch Inaugural Public School Unit Cybersecurity Bootcamp for IT Staff and Leaders

The biggest threat to cybersecurity in K-12 schools is its people, says Samuel Carter, systems architect at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. The staff, the educators and the students…
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Nov 21, 2025

Strategist and Senior Program Officer Alfred Mays Awarded 2025 Friday Medal

Alfred Mays is usually behind the scenes in North Carolina’s education initiatives. As the strategist and senior program officer at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, he’s the one giving out the…

Nov 11, 2025

NC State Researchers to Develop Students’ Data Acumen with $1.1M NSF Grant

A 3-year, $1.1 million project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Data Science Corps program will enable NC State researchers to leverage partnerships between data scientists, researchers, data science education…
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Oct 22, 2025

2024-2025 Catalyst Grant Symposium Contributes to “Act of Hope”

Since 2018, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and the NC State College of Education have provided funding for more than 25 research projects through Catalyst Grants. Catalyst Grants support…
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Oct 13, 2025

Friday Institute Executive Director Krista Glazewski to Partner with Rural Communities on $3.5M NSF Award Expanding AI Education Across Three States

Before the public launch of ChatGPT and the widespread interest in AI education in schools, a team of researchers from NC State and Indiana University had a bold idea: teach…

Sep 4, 2025

2025 Friday Medal Awarded to Alfred Mays of Burroughs Wellcome Fund

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation has selected Alfred Mays, strategist and senior program officer at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, to receive its 2025 Friday Medal award.  “Alfred Mays has…