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

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Mar 23, 2020

Education Matters: North Carolina’s Education Leaders Respond to the Impacts of Coronavirus

Friday Institute Senior Director of the PLLC, Mary Ann Wolf, Ph.D., talks about state and local efforts to implement distance learning in response to the coronavirus on the Public School Forum's weekly show, Education Matters. 

Mar 6, 2020

John D. Denning from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Joins Friday Institute Advisory Board

Learn more about the latest addition to the Friday Institute advisory board. 

Feb 7, 2020

Friday Institute Selects 2020 Graduate Research Fellows

Learn more about each of the 2020 Friday Institute graduate research fellows. 

Jan 10, 2020

Beyond the Bricks: Dynamic Duo Aims to Transform K-12 Education

Get to know two employees of NC State’s Friday Institute in this installment in a series that spotlights people and programs at work outside our Raleigh campus. 

Dec 16, 2019

Friday Institute Adds Two New Members to Advisory Board

Hiller A. Spires has appointed two new members to the Friday Institute’s Advisory Board--Kevin Howell and Patricia Willoughby. 

Nov 19, 2019

Hiller A. Spires Named Executive Director of Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, Associate Dean

Hiller A. Spires, Ph.D., will serve as executive director of the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, effective Wednesday, Nov. 20. 

Oct 17, 2019

STEM Education Researchers Gather at National Summit to Explore Next Big Ideas, Questions in STEM Education

When University of Cincinnati faculty were surveyed in 2011 and asked what they thought STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) was, only 57% could identify all parts of the acronym,… 

Jun 12, 2019

Executive Director Dr. Carla Johnson Shares Her Vision for the Friday Institute

The Friday Institute's new Executive Director Dr. Carla C. Johnson shares her vision for the future of the organization. 

May 16, 2019

5 Questions with Friday Institute Executive Director Dr. Carla C. Johnson on STEM Education, What Shaped Her Work, and Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Friday Institute Executive Director Carla C. Johnson, Ph.D. shares how she became interested in STEM education, what shaped her work and how she began working with astronaut Buzz Aldrin. 

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.