Teacher Education and Learning Sciences

Our People

Passionately committed, our faculty closely connect with our students to inspire them from day one and continue to work with them into the professional world

Our Research

Engaging in research that addresses current challenges, our faculty looks to solve important issues facing educators and their students today.

Our Vision

We articulate our vision through our commitment to:

Developing highly effective teachers in our disciplines through undergraduate and graduate teacher education.
Inspiring culturally competent educators who are committed to equality of opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds.
Advancing digital technologies into the professional preparation of teachers and other education professionals.
Changing the field of education by engaging in research that addresses current challenges.
Discovering, disseminating and producing new knowledge in our disciplines.

100% Job Placement

We had a 100% placement rate for graduates seeking employment in the field of education.

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College of Education Launches Fourth Interdisciplinary Research Hub with Focus on Civic Engagement

In line with its Strategic Plan: 2023-2030, the NC State College of Education has launched a fourth Interdisciplinary Research Hub. This hub, entitled “North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE),” will join three other hubs approved in 2023 in finding innovative solutions to pressing educational problems by bringing together individuals from different units and disciplines.

Assistant Professor of Literacy Education Jackie Relyea Receives Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award from the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers

Jackie Relyea, an assistant professor of literacy education in NC State’s College of Education, has received the Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award from the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER).

Two Projects Funded through College of Education’s New Innovation Fellows Program Will Address Future Teachers’ Wellbeing, Use Technology to Improve Literacy Outcomes

College of Education researchers are working to improve future teachers’ wellbeing and harness new technology to address literacy outcomes through two projects funded by the NC State College of Education’s Innovation Fellows Program.