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

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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

Elementary-aged students are regularly accessing technology. However, these young students might not always be aware of the safety risks that come with being online, and elementary school teachers often have limited preparation to teach cybersecurity topics. Professor of Learning, Design and Technology Florence Martin, along with Professor of Mathematics Education and Special Education Jessica Hunt and Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Science Education Sarah Carrier, aim to address this issue through a new project.

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.

A graphic with the words reading: 178 new undergraduate students — a nearly 5 percent increase from last year and a 21 percent increase from five years ago.

Sep 11, 2024

College of Education Begins 2024-2025 with Another Rise in Undergraduate Enrollment; Teaching Fellows Welcome Largest Incoming Cohort in NC

The NC State College of Education opened the 2024-2025 academic year with 674 undergraduate students—its largest number of undergraduates in at least 10 years. Of those, 178 are new undergraduate students—a nearly 5 percent increase from last year and a 21 percent increase from five years ago.

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 9, 2024

LASER Institute Aims to “BEAM” Learning Analytics to New Institutions

The new phase of the LASER Institute, called LASER BEAM (Broadening Education in Advanced Methods), seeks to expand the impact of its previous National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project.

Sep 9, 2024

Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy: Rebuilding After COVID-19: Does School-Based Pre-K Hold Promise?

In a presentation for The Ohio State University's Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, Assistant Professor Michael Little examined the role of school-based pre-kindergarten (SBPK) in post-pandemic education.

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 Director 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.

Sep 4, 2024

Award-winning Paper from Assistant Professor of Learning, Design and Technology Ela Castellanos-Reyes Aims to Make Social Learning Analytics More Accessible to Researchers

NC State College of Education Assistant Professor of Learning, Design and Technology Ela Castellanos-Reyes has received the Outstanding Theoretical Journal Article Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Research and Theory Division for a paper she authored related to social presence and network analysis.