professional learning

Mar 12, 2018

Mutlu and Barker participate in 2018 NCMATYC Conference

Asli Mutlu and Heather Barker participated in the 30th annual North Carolina Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (NCMATYC) Conference which was held March 8-9, 2018 at Carteret Community College… 

Feb 28, 2018

HIRiSE Team Presents at AMTE 2018

The 22nd annual Association of Mathematics Teachers Educators (AMTE) Conference was held February 8 – 10, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Members of the HIRiSE team had the chance to present… 

Feb 9, 2018

Lee Presents on Statistics and Data Science at the Teaching Contemporary Mathematics Conference

In January, Hollylynne Lee shared information about how to teach statistics and data science concepts in high school using large data sets. The NC School of Science and Mathematics faculty… 

Jan 18, 2018

Free online course to promote inferential reasoning in Spring 2018

We all know that many countries have increased the expectations for learning statistical ideas, and AP Statistics enrollment in the US is on the rise! One of the key ideas… 

Jan 12, 2018

The Friday Institute Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Online Course for Students

Raleigh, NC – Today, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation in the College of Education at NC State University launched a free, online experience specifically for students called Students LEAD (Learn, Explore,… 

Jan 12, 2018

New MOOC-Ed Courses Open for Spring 2018

Free high-quality online courses for educators are now open for the Spring 2018 session, which starts on February 5. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is offering six Massive Open… 

Dec 7, 2017

Kemal Akoglu Successfully Defends Dissertation

One of the HIRiSE team’s very own doctoral students successfully defended his dissertation on December 6, 2017. Kemal Akoglu’s dissertation is titled Blending Online Coursework and Small Learning Communities to… 

Nov 7, 2017

The Friday Institute Partners with The Rural Center to Build Community Capacity and Regional Leadership in North Carolina’s Northeast Prosperity Zone

Raleigh, NC – Through a grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is partnering with The Rural Center to help North Carolina’s Northeast Prosperity Zone… 

Sep 22, 2017

One-Day Visit to Mount Airy High School by Jing Dai

Guess what? Three teachers (Isabella, Meng and me) from Beijing Royal School have successfully switched roles to become graduate students in the New Literacy and Global Learning program here at… 

Sep 21, 2017

Interview Blog of Lovett and Lee featured on Ed Prep Matters Website

The Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) published the paper New Standards Require Teaching More Statistics: Are Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers Ready? in its May/June 2017 issue. This paper was co-authored…