Professor Hollylynne works with students in a classroom working on laptops

Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics and Data Science Education

Building Foundations for Future Data Scientists

The HI-RiSE team generates solutions to improve data literacy by creating effective statistics and data science education learning environments that impact the education of teachers and students from around the world.

Highlighted Projects

InSTEP: Invigorating Statistics Teacher Education Through Professional Online Learning

InSTEP partners with RTI International to design and deploy an innovative personalized online learning platform to allow teachers to develop their expertise in teaching statistics and data science.

ESTEEM II: Enhancing Statistics Teacher Education with E- Modules

ESTEEM will facilitate the infusion of statistics and data science content and pedagogy into undergraduate mathematics teacher preparation by providing faculty with technological and curricular resources, networking experiences and ongoing support.

Writing Data Stories: Integrating Computational Data Investigations into the Middle School Science Classroom

The Data Stories project attempts to integrate computational data analysis into the middle school science curriculum in a longitudinal, interdisciplinary way.

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Our Impact

150+

College Faculty

7,000+

Prospective Teachers

6,600+

K-12 Educators + Their Students

50 States

100+ Countries

“The HI-RISE team is one of the most important groups in data science education today. Their thoughtful work equipping teachers to teach with and about data and their innovative use of data exploration tools such as CODAP sets the bar for the rest of the field.”
Chad Dorsey
CEO, Concord Consortium

June 27, 2024

North Carolina Mathematics Educators Discuss Future of Statistics, Data Science Education at Regional Conference

When Advanced Placement Statistics teacher Dash Young-Saver discovered there was a 2% passing rate for the AP Statistics exam for his region, he wanted to make a change and “skew…

October 10, 2023

Teachers Bring Data Experiences to NC Students through InSTEP’s Data Investigations in the Classroom Project

To help bring real data experiences to students in the classroom, 21 North Carolina teachers from seven counties were paired with data scientists during the kick-off of the InSTEP Data…

April 20, 2023

New Free Online Professional Learning Platform Supports Educators in Teaching Statistics and Data Science

The Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics Education (HI-RiSE) team at the Friday Institute has designed and deployed a free, innovative and personalized online learning platform to allow teachers in grades 6-12+ to develop their expertise in teaching statistics and data science.