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Apr 24, 2026

Friday Institute to Serve as Administrative Lead and Strategic Research Partner for Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation will serve as the administrative lead and strategic research partner for the newly formed Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education, supporting the coordination, convening…
Memorial Belltower

Apr 1, 2026

College of Education Faculty and Friday Institute Staff Win AERA Division L Long Policy Report Award

A team of researchers from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and NC State College of Education have been awarded the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division L Outstanding Long Policy Report Award for their work on the 2024 evaluation of the Advanced Teaching Roles (ATR) program, titled “Advanced Teaching Roles: Annual Evaluation Report.”

Photo of the exterior of the Friday Institute.

Dec 2, 2025

NC State Researchers to Develop Students’ Data Acumen with $1.1M NSF Grant

A three-year, $1.1 million project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Data Science Corps program will enable NC State researchers to leverage partnerships between data scientists, researchers, data science education experts and teachers to develop high school students’ data acumen, decision making using data and use of data tools.

Dec 2, 2025

LASER BEAM Program Shines On Scholars for Last Year of NSF Grant

Community is one of the largest benefits Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) scholars receive as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded LASER BEAM (Broadening Education in Advanced Methods) project hosted at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

Oct 13, 2025

Friday Institute Executive Director Krista Glazewski to Partner with Rural Communities on $3.5M NSF Award Expanding AI Education Across Three States

Before the public launch of ChatGPT and the widespread interest in AI education in schools, a team of researchers from NC State and Indiana University had a bold idea: teach elementary school students about AI.

Aug 13, 2025

Data Science Summer Institute Equips Educators With Practical Ideas for Incorporating Data Science Into Their Classrooms

This summer, NCSSM offered a weeklong Data Science Summer Institute (DSSI) June 23-26 on their Morganton campus, co-organized and co-sponsored by the NSF-funded InSTEP project, which is a large multi-year project with investigators from the Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics and Data Science Education (HI-RiSE) team at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

Aug 13, 2025

Science Teachers Receive Hands-On Experiences in Nanoscale Science and Engineering During Research Experience for Teachers Program

Each year, the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), in partnership with NC State University, Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, invites middle, high school and community college educators to participate in the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program.

Apr 24, 2025

Catalyst Grant Empowers Rural Students, Enhances Computational Thinking Through STEAM Club

West Middle School sixth grader Olive Cleckler discovered an unexpected way to complete her interactive project—by turning her braces into part of a functioning circuit. Her improvisational tinkering—and the support she received from an AI teammate embedded in ArtAlgo—captures the heart of the project: reimagining coding as a creative and collaborative practice between youth and intelligent systems.

Apr 22, 2025

NC State Puts AI Forward at the Friday Institute on National AI Literacy Day

National AI Literacy Day is a nationwide day of action focused on exploring the fundamental question, “What is AI?” On that day, March 28, 2025, 104 NC State University researchers, faculty and staff gathered at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation to explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in innovation, research and learning at NC State.

Mar 13, 2025

Did You Know There’s a Middle School on NC State’s Campus?

How many middle school students have the opportunity to visit NC State’s Nuclear Reactor Program, work with staff at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design for their art elective and learn how to be an entrepreneur at the NC State Entrepreneurship Garage and the Albright Entrepreneurs Village? Those who attend Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School (CCMMS) do, and these are just a few of the perks students get from their unique location on NC State’s Centennial Campus.