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Mar 3, 2020

EdNC: Perspective | Friday Institute Champions STEM

EdNC highlights the Friday Institute for their monthly feature, the NC STEM ScoreCard, which builds broader awareness of how P-20 STEM education is being nurtured across North Carolina. 

Feb 28, 2020

Let’s Get Digital

The Friday Institute's longtime commitment to digital learning helped change North Carolina's education landscape. 

Feb 20, 2020

EdNC: More Skilled Workers Needed for the Jobs of Tomorrow: Announcing 5,000 New Apprenticeships

The Friday Institute received a four-year, $6 million closing the skills gap grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, which will fund the Artificial Intelligence Academy: NC Apprenticeships for Innovation. 

Feb 18, 2020

Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to Support AI Apprenticeships

A new four-year, $6 million project led by North Carolina State University and funded by the U.S. Department of Labor will support 5,000 workers with training, college coursework and certification to work in the emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI). Carla C. Johnson, senior faculty fellow and professor of science education at NC State, is the principal investigator of the project “Artificial Intelligence Academy (AIA): North Carolina Apprenticeships for Innovation,” which will be affiliated with the NC State College of Education’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. 

Jan 28, 2020

Marbles Kids Museum, Families and Museums Exploring (FAME) Partnership to Receive Award from N.C. Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center

A partnership between our Families and Museums Exploring (FAME) project and Marbles Kids Museum that gave North Carolina families a chance to participate in STEM-related activities will be recognized with an award from the North Carolina Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center this spring. 

Jan 23, 2020

Friday Institute Partners with Vance County Schools to Bring Immersive Virtual Reality Technology Into Science Classrooms

With the help of a team from the NC State College of Education and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, students at Vance County Schools have had the opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in ways that were never possible before. 

Jan 16, 2020

Releasing the Floodgates of Innovation

This case study from the Successful Practices Network and AASA The School Superintendents Association shares the innovative K-12 best practices displayed in the Rowan-Salisbury School System. 

Jan 16, 2020

The News & Observer: Business leaders seeing talent gap want to fund more computer science teachers in NC

Our CS4NC team is bringing together partners to help fill the tech industry talent gap by training teachers to teach computer science. 

Jan 15, 2020

2020 Catalyst Grant Winners Announced

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and the NC State College of Education awarded six 2020 Catalyst Grants this week. 

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.