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Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum

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Increase your capacity to create, implement, and analyze high-impact learning experiences for K-12 students with a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum (TLC). Choose a master’s degree concentration and explore innovative instructional strategies that will enable you to maximize your impact and emerge as a content leader in your area of choice.

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Educational Psychology

Learn to apply psychological principles across the lifespan with an emphasis on cognition, development, motivation, identity and social processes. 

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Elementary Education in Mathematics and Science

Learn how to apply your deepened understanding of mathematics/science content and research-based children’s learning trajectories to instruction in your K-6 classroom. 

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English Language Arts Education

Learn how to improve your teaching and equip your secondary English Language Arts students to communicate clearly in an increasingly global community.

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Reading Education

Learn how to design and implement diagnostic reading assessments and interventions, solve problems of practice in reading education, and apply reading science in your classroom.

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Social Studies Education

Learn how to improve your teaching for secondary social studies students and help them become informed citizens.

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NC State College of Education alum Nishelle Henson, pictured in the center holding flowers alongside, from left to right: Left to Right is her 3-year-old son, Jacob Henson, who is being held by her husband, Jon Henson; her 7-year-old son Noah Henson, Me, Lydia Sale Lunday (the 2025 Western Region Teacher of the Year), and Rachel Candaso (the current NC Teacher of the Year)

Nishelle Henson ’14MS Named 2026 N.C. Western Regional Teacher of the Year

Nishelle Henson‘’14MS didn’t think much about the morning announcement several weeks ago at Macon Middle School, in Franklin, North Carolina, where teachers were told there would be an indoor fire drill. During the drill, nearly 700 students and staff were supposed to practice taking attendance using their emergency protocol system. It wasn’t until one of her observant students noticed central office staff in the gym and asked Henson if the gathering was actually a ruse for her “award thing.” Turns out, it was.

College of Education ranked #1 in N.C., #10 for veterans, and #18 in the nation in U.S. News 2026 Best Online in Master's Rankings

College of Education Ranked #18 in U.S. News’ Best Online Programs Rankings

NC State’s College of Education is ranked #18 in the nation in the 2026U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Master’s in Education Programs rankings announced Jan. 27, 2026. That is up from two spots over last year and an improvement of 28 spots since 2022.

Teaching Assistant Professor Micha Jeffries

Assistant Teaching Professor of Social Studies Education Micha Jeffries Elected to North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (NCCSS) Board of Directors

Micha Jeffries, an assistant teaching professor of social studies education in the NC State College of Education, has been elected to the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (NCCSS) Board of Directors.