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‘I Don’t Know of Another State That’s Done This:’ Goodnight Distinguished Professors in Early…

Community and Engagement

May 27, 2025

SUPR Schools Interdisciplinary Hub Identifying Factors that Help Schools Defy Odds for Reading Achievement

Years of research have shown that there is a high correlation between reading achievement and socioeconomic status, which means that many children who attend high-poverty schools throughout North Carolina are not learning to read proficiently. The members of the Systems for Un-correlating Poverty and Reading (SUPR) in North Carolina Schools interdisciplinary hub have spent the past year examining schools that defy this trend.

May 22, 2025

Future Teachers of North Carolina 2025: Eastern Symposium Prepares High School Students to Launch Careers in Education

Nearly 100 high school students and recent high school graduates who are interested in teaching attended the Future Teachers of North Carolina 2025: Eastern Symposium on NC State campus this week, where they learned the ins and outs of the profession through interactive workshops and engaging discussions.

May 19, 2025

FLIP-STEM Interdisciplinary Hub Centers Student Experience, Agency through Rural Workshops

Over the past year, the members of the Fostering Learning, Identity, and Participation within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (FLIP-STEM) interdisciplinary hub have seen firsthand the way middle school students thrive when given agency over their learning.

May 12, 2025

North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE) Interdisciplinary Hub Engages Educators, Students and Community through Two Events

Dozens of educators, students and members of various North Carolina organizations had opportunities to learn about civic engagement this spring thanks to two events hosted by the NC State College of Education’s North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE) Interdisciplinary Research Hub.

Mar 18, 2025

Associate Professor of Special Education Jamie Pearson Provides Professional Development for Jamaica’s First Public Inclusive School through Partnership, Donor Support

Because of the country’s history of teaching students with disabilities separately from those without, many educators in Jamaica benefit from additional support to successfully lead inclusive classrooms. That’s why the Rockhouse Foundation, with support from donors Pat McKee and Julie Russo, turned to the NC State College of Education and Associate Professor of Special Education Jamie Pearson for help at the Savanna-LaMar Inclusive Academy (Sav Inclusive), the first school of its kind on the island.

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.

Roberto Montoya addresses the crowd and talks about his childhood during the seventh annual Don C Locke Symposium, hosted by the NC State College of Education.

Mar 4, 2025

‘You Can’t Wish in Outcomes’: Roberto Montoya Shares Advice During Seventh Annual Don C. Locke Symposium

As the speaker at the seventh annual Don C. Locke Symposium, Roberto Montoya shared advice for pre-service teachers as they prepare to serve their future students and schools, as well as for those who work with future teachers.

Day of Giving wolf

Feb 4, 2025

Grant Funding Enables NC State to Reach More Rural Communities

For this fiscal year, which began July 1, 2024, the NC State University Foundation awarded 10 grants totaling $427,003 to its affiliated colleges and units affiliated. These grants are supporting new and existing projects that might not have been funded otherwise, including two — one through the College of Education, one through the Poole College of Management — that will directly benefit North Carolinians living in rural areas.
Teacher Outside with Student

Jan 29, 2025

Five Tips for Engaging in Citizen Science as a Classroom Teacher

Participatory science, also known as citizen science, gives students as young as elementary school the opportunity to collect and contribute scientific data to the science community and connect science to students’ lives.

Jan 17, 2025

‘I Don’t Know of Another State That’s Done This:’ Goodnight Distinguished Professors in Early Literacy and Spangler Distinguished Professors of Early Child Literacy Gather at NC State to Discuss Way to Improve Literacy Outcomes

On Dec. 10, distinguished professors of literacy education from across North Carolina gathered together at the first North Carolina Literacy Leaders retreat hosted by NC State’s College of Education. The event was an opportunity for the state’s two Goodnight Distinguished Professors in Early Literacy and four Spangler Distinguished Professors of Early Child Literacy to share ideas, work with representatives of the University of North Carolina System and hear from education representatives about successes and gaps in literacy education and ways to collaboratively make change.