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Friday Institute Director of Digital Learning Emme Braaten

Feb 25, 2025

How Can Teachers and Parents Help Students Manage Cellphone Use in Schools? Friday Institute Director of Digital Learning Emma Braaten Shares Advice

Cellphones in schools have become a hot topic among parents, students and educators. Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Director of Digital Learning Emma Braaten shares strategies for educators and parents about how to help students manage cellphone use during school.

Feb 5, 2025

Grant Funding Enables NC State to Reach More Rural Communities

The NC State University Foundation’s annual grant program is powering the Wolfpack to extraordinary new heights this fiscal year, especially when it comes to the university’s impact on North Carolinians beyond urban areas.

Nov 8, 2024

Two Projects Funded through College of Education’s New Innovation Fellows Program Will Address Future Teachers’ Wellbeing, Use Technology to Improve Literacy Outcomes

College of Education researchers are working to improve future teachers’ wellbeing and harness new technology to address literacy outcomes through two projects funded by the NC State College of Education’s Innovation Fellows Program.

Oct 21, 2024

North Carolina education leaders discuss cellphone use in schools

Educators, elected officials, and other stakeholders gathered in Raleigh last week to discuss diverse viewpoints regarding the use of cellphones in schools.

Oct 21, 2024

Cellphones in NC schools: Curbing distractions will require many solutions, experts say at forum

Banning cellphones is too simplistic of a solution, they say, but leaving everything as it is won’t help with the layers of concerns had by most adults about teens’ use…

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Jun 27, 2024

North Carolina Mathematics Educators Discuss Future of Statistics, Data Science Education at Regional Conference

When Advanced Placement Statistics teacher Dash Young-Saver discovered there was a 2% passing rate for the AP Statistics exam for his region, he wanted to make a change and “skew…

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Nov 27, 2023

Friday Institute Selects 2023 Graduate Student Fellows

Each year, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation selects graduate students to become Friday Institute Graduate Student Fellows. Fellows are nominated by Friday Institute faculty fellows or directors and are…

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Nov 22, 2023

2023 Friday Medal Ceremony Honors Longtime North Carolina Educator and Education Leader Tom Williams

Dedicated. Leader. Caring. When asked to describe Tom Williams, his colleagues and friends most commonly use these three words. On Thursday, Nov. 16, Williams, president of Strategic Educational Alliances, Inc.,…

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Sep 13, 2023

Friday Institute Team Will Support Evaluation of Juntos’ $7.8 Million Grant to Improve Latinx Representation in STEM and Postsecondary Education

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation will be supporting the evaluation of a $7.8 million grant to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) participation, persistence and career readiness with…

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Sep 12, 2023

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Jeremy Roschelle Join Friday Institute Advisory Board

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation’s advisory board has gained two new members this month, appointed by Friday Institute Executive Director and Associate Dean for Translational Research…