STEM

Jan 7, 2019

Dr. Carla C. Johnson Named Executive Director of Friday Institute and Associate Dean

Dr. Carla C. Johnson will be the executive director of the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at the NC State College of Education, where she will also serve as an associate dean, beginning April 30, 2019.

Dec 6, 2018

New $1 Million Grant Will Support Broadening Participation in Computer Science and Computational Thinking

A team of faculty and researchers at NC State University were recently awarded a three-year $1 million National Science Foundation grant in collaboration with Wake County Schools, UNC-Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg…

Nov 24, 2018

HI-RiSE Fall 2018 Updates

One of the goals of the HI-RiSE team is to disseminate the work done by the team to as many audiences interested in statistics education as possible, and this Fall…

Oct 30, 2018

Friday Institute Selects 2018 Graduate Student Fellows

This year’s Friday Institute Graduate Student Fellows are researching topics that will make a difference for North Carolinians. Whether dedicating time to providing access to education for all students, protecting…

Oct 9, 2018

Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Announces Commitment to Computer Science Education at 2018 CSforALL Summit

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation announced a commitment today to expand their professional learning programs and their Massive Open Online Courses for Educators as part of the second annual CSforALL Summit. The commitment will reach 500 teachers in 50 North Carolina schools districts and 1,500 educators throughout the US and around the world in 2018-2019.

Oct 1, 2018

Community Outreach for Statistics Education

The goal of the HI-RiSE team is to help create positive, effective statistics education environments in a variety of ways. One of the ways the team tries to reach this…

Sep 5, 2018

New $1.8 Million NSF Grant to Support NC State Education Project on Math Teacher Preparation

Hollylynne Lee, professor and university faculty scholar at the NC State College of Education, will use the grant to continue her team’s work on improving the way preservice mathematics teachers prepare to enter their classrooms, specifically how to utilize students’ mathematical thinking in technology-rich environments.

Aug 20, 2018

Summer Adventures for Computer Science For All in NC

Our CS4ALL team, initially funded by NC State’s Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP), has worked together this summer to develop a diverse range of professional learning opportunities, research, funding, partnerships, and policy…

Aug 14, 2018

HI-RiSE Team Attends ICOTS10 in Kyoto, Japan

The 10th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10) was held July 8th – 13th, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. ICOTS is hosted by the IASE, the International Association for Statistics Education.…

Jul 10, 2018

More Than a Hobby: How Volunteers Support Science

Why count birds, give gardening advice or gaze at stars? Professor Gail Jones’ research says citizen science benefits volunteers, the community and science itself.