LEADS

Nov 7, 2024

Senior Director Shaun Kellogg Presents Findings from North Carolina’s Advanced Teaching Roles Evaluation to the State Board of Education

Raleigh, NC – On Nov. 6, 2024, Shaun Kellogg, senior director at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, and Thomas Tomberlin; senior director, Educator Preparation, Licensure, and Performance at the…

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Oct 12, 2024

LEADS Team Partners with Chatham County Schools in $52K Study to Tackle Chronic Absenteeism

RALEIGH, NC — The Learning Analytics and Data Science (LEADS) team at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation has partnered with Chatham County Schools to study chronic absenteeism and its…

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Aug 26, 2024

LASER Institute Aims to “BEAM” Learning Analytics to New Institutions

The first time Rogers Bhalalusesa went to the U.S. was when he traveled more than 8,000 miles from Tanzania to Raleigh, North Carolina, to build his skills in learning analytics.…

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Jul 1, 2024

Friday Institute Secures $1.3 Million in Funding to Enhance Teacher Selection and Evaluation through the Advanced Teaching Roles Program

Raleigh, NC – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation has been awarded $1.3 million from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) to conduct an in-depth study of the…

May 16, 2024

LASER Institute Selects 2024 Cohort of Scholars

The Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) Institute, founded by the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, has selected its first cohort of LASER Institute scholars for LASER BEAM (Broadening…

Mar 23, 2024

LASER Institute Team Leads Workshops at Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK24) Conference in Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan — Shaun Kellogg, senior director at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, along with members of the Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) Institute team, led two…

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Aug 23, 2023

LASER Institute Builds Community of Scholars for Lifelong Connections, Future Collaboration

The LASER Institute held their third and final summer workshop, an intensive five-day program of learning labs, research planning sessions and guest speakers.

Apr 27, 2023

AERA Workshop on Learning Analytics Graduate Programs Highlights Need for Curriculum Sharing

During the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting on April 13, faculty from learning analytics graduate programs across the country convened in a working group roundtable to discuss student competencies, curriculum and instructional approaches in order to improve existing programs and guide the increasing number of programs in development.

Mar 29, 2023

Collaborative Team at Friday Institute, College of Education to Assess ATR Program Impact on Teaching and Learning in North Carolina with New NCDPI Grant

A recently funded one-year, $249,909 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) grant will allow a collaborative team from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and the NC State College of Education to assess the impact of the teacher compensation models and advanced teaching roles (ATR) program on teaching and learning in North Carolina.

Aug 2, 2022

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

The Friday Institute’s Program Evaluation and Education Research Group, in partnership with the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) at Duke University, has begun a qualitative research study of summer programs designed to mitigate the impacts of COVID on at-risk students.