Janine Bowen

Oct 14, 2024

College of Education Awarded $9.1 Million in Grant Funding From July to September, 2024

Faculty and researchers at the NC State College of Education, including the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, were awarded $9,140,684 to support 14 projects from July 1 to Sept. 30, 2024. 

Sep 18, 2024

Six College of Education Students Prepare to Address Teacher Shortages By Becoming Math, Science Educators Through NC State STEM Education Scholars Program

Six graduate and undergraduate students are set to become the first cohort of NC State STEM Education Scholars, through a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.

Sep 17, 2024

Literacy and Community Initiative Shares Framework for Critical Literacy and Successes of Program in New Book

The success of the Literacy and Community Initiative and its critical literacy framework are outlined in a new book entitled Amplifying Youth Voices through Critical Literacy and Positive Youth Development: The Potential of University-Community Partnerships, which is written by Associate Professor Crystal Chen Lee, Professor and Friday Institute Deputy Director Jose Picart and recent College of Education graduate Jennifer C. Mann ’23PHD.

Sep 13, 2024

WRAL: Cellphones in NC Schools: Curbing Distractions Will Require Many Solutions, Experts Say at Forum

Banning cellphones is too simplistic of a solution, and leaving everything as it is won’t help with the layers of concerns had by most adults about teens’ use of mobile technologies. That was the opinion of educators, policymakers and experts who convened during the Friday Institute’s forum, Real Issues, Real Data: Cell Phones, Students and Schools.

Sep 13, 2024

Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Early Literacy Devin Kearns Joins National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Advisory Board

Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Early Literacy Devin Kearns has been invited to join an advisory committee for the National Center for Education Statistics’ National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

Sep 11, 2024

College of Education Researchers to Integrate Cybersecurity with Math, Science Lessons through $2 Million Grant-funded Project

From creating online accounts and communicating through games or social media to accessing educational applications and websites in school, elementary-aged students are regularly accessing technology. But these young students might…

Sep 11, 2024

College of Education Scholars Set Record for Research Expenditures, Receive Multiple NSF CAREER Grants During 2023-2024 Fiscal Year

Researchers in the NC State College of Education, including the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, set a new college record for research expenditures during the 2023-2024 fiscal year, with a total of $20,443,364 spent conducting research.

Sep 10, 2024

Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Educational Leadership Jenn Ayscue Will Use Grant to Study Use of Two-way Dual Language Immersion Programs in N.C.

Recent studies authored by NC State College of Education Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Educational Leadership Jenn Ayscue found that North Carolina schools are more segregated now than they were in the 1980s and that two-way dual language immersion (DLI) programs are making progress toward desegregation in schools.

Sep 5, 2024

Elevate, NC State’s Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Program, Now Accepting Applications

Elevate, NC State’s new inclusive post-secondary education program, has begun accepting applications for its first class or students, who will enroll in spring 2025.

Sep 5, 2024

Meet Elevate Program Manager Tamira White: ‘Elevate Is Going To Be a Transformational Experience’

Tamira White joined the NC State College of Education this past spring as the program director for Elevate, NC State’s new inclusive post-secondary education program. She talks about this new program and her background in the field.