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Megan D’Agostino ’22 Named Wake County Diane Kent-Parker First-Year Teacher of the Year

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Jun 1, 2023

Assistant Professors Samantha Marshall and Sunghwan Byun Aim to Improve Mathematics Learning for Multilingual Learners through Grant-funded Project

Assistant Professors Samantha Marshall and Sunghwan Byun will use a National Science Foundation grant to develop a novel professional development model to better support mathematics teachers in instructing multilingual learners. 

May 30, 2023

13 College of Education Scholars Visit Chile to Build Collaborative Research Partnerships

A group of NC State College of Education scholars had an opportunity to collaborate with international colleagues in May through a week-long trip to visit the Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE) at the Universidad de Chile in the Instituto de Estudios Avanzada en Educacion in Chile. 
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May 26, 2023

#WhyIChoseEducation: ‘Education Really is an Opportunity For Me to Practice My Values Around Fostering Equitable Environments’ says Jemilia Davis ’19PHD

When Jemilia Davis ’19PHD delivered the charge to the graduate students during the NC State College of Education’s Spring 2019 graduation ceremony, she spoke on looking to the past in order… 
A group of Mission Makers students who attended a trip to Washington D.C. posing for a photo.

May 25, 2023

My Student Experience: Mission Makers Explore Equity-related Issues in Education

A group of first-year NC State College of Education students had the opportunity to travel to Savannah and Washington, D.C., last semester through Mission Makers, a program designed to better prepare them to be educators who address the needs of all learners. 
Terry Hennings on stage being named Wake County Teacher of the Year

May 25, 2023

Retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Terry Hennings ’15MAT Named 2023 Wake County Public School System Teacher of the Year

When Terry Hennings retired from the Air Force after serving for 25 years as a combat medic, he knew what he wanted to teach. Now, he has been named the Wake County Public County System 2023 Teacher of the Year 
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May 22, 2023

WRAL.com: 5 Ways to Help Your Child Read Better

Teaching someone to read includes some dos and don'ts. Why clapping along to words is effective -- and why context clues aren't, according to an NC State Associate Professor Jill Grifenhagen. 
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May 22, 2023

WRAL.com: ‘I Didn’t Know How to Spell’: NC Teachers Take on Renewed Way to Teach Reading

Jill Grifenhagen, an associate professor in literacy education at NC State’s College of Education, talks with WRAL about how the teaching of reading. 

May 17, 2023

How Can One Lead with Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education? ‘To Engage in a Way That is Excellent Means Looking at How We Can Improve the Society and Conditions Around Us,’ Says Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita Mary Ann Danowitz

NC State College of Education Professor and Former Dean Mary Ann Danowitz shares what it means for a leader to work toward inclusive excellence as well as how inclusive excellence can be applied on a global scale. 
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May 17, 2023

Professor Emerita Hiller Spires Redefines Global Literacies, Provides Books to Underserved Schools Through New Projects

NC State College of Education Professor Emerita Hiller Spires is helping to develop a unique definition of global literacies through a new book while also working to promote literacy locally and globally through a recently founded organization that provides books to under-resourced areas. 
Megan D'Agostino at the Wake County Public Schools Award Banquet

May 15, 2023

Megan D’Agostino ’22 Named Wake County Diane Kent-Parker First-Year Teacher of the Year

In the middle of a math lesson, a team from the Wake County Public School System burst into Megan D'Agostino's room with a surprise — she has just been named one of four Diane Kent Parker First Year Teachers of the Year.