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Mar 6, 2019

EdNC.org: Enrollment Trends at Community Colleges

Dr. Robert Templin talks to the State Board of Community Colleges about the challenges facing community colleges in America in the latest episode of EducationNC's EdTalk podcast. 

Mar 1, 2019

Neuse News: NC State Chancellor Makes ‘Digital Trip’ to Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School

NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson visited Katie Martin, a senior majoring in technology, engineering and design education, via digital video call to learn more about the work she's doing during her student teaching semester in Lenoir County. Martin will continue to serve the county through The Innovation Project (TIP) Teaching Scholars program after she graduates in May. 

Jan 16, 2019

[Video]: EdNC.org: Computer Science for All

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is providing opportunities to learn computer science in classrooms across North Carolina through its Computer Science for All initiative. Hear from industry leaders about why the initiative is crucial to student success in this new video. 

Jan 11, 2019

WRAL: Start Interventions Earlier to Improve Reading Skills

Trip Stallings, director of policy research at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, says better interventions in earlier grades could help North Carolina make more progress in reading achievement. Stallings is part of a team of researchers from the NC State College of Education and the Friday Institute that released findings from a five-year study on the state's Read to Achieve program last year. 

Dec 6, 2018

The Hunt Institute: Meaningful Partnerships – Lessons from Two Innovative Principal Preparation Programs

A study from the Hunt Institute highlights two innovative programs – the Northeast Leadership Academy at the NC State College of Education and Kansas City Pathway to Leadership in Urban Schools (KC PLUS) in Missouri. In creating pro­grams to meet the unique needs of districts located in rural and urban settings, respectively, both NELA and KC PLUS have built rigorous, practice-based principal preparation programs utilizing equity-fo­cused school leader development. The Hunt Institute takes a closer look at each program. 

Dec 6, 2018

The Graduate School’s Wolf of the Week: Sarah Hammond

The Graduate School recognized Sarah Hammond, a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, as its Wolf of the Week this week. Hammond's research focuses on equity issues in education, and she recently produced a documentary that explores the experiences of underrepresented students in veterinary medicine entitled “On the Margins of Veterinary Medicine." 

Dec 6, 2018

[Video] Wake County Public School System: Education Day with Wolfpack Women’s Basketball

Nearly 2,000 fifth-graders from Wake County Public School System joined us for Education Day at the Wolfpack Women's Basketball game on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Members of the NC State College of Education provided curricula materials for students to review during the game and helped out during a science-themed halftime show. 

Dec 4, 2018

The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal: NC State, UNC Partner to Combat Teacher Shortage

Pathway to Practice, a joint program between the NC State College of Education and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is providing an innovative solution to North Carolina's teacher shortage by offering a new online, competency-based program for lateral-entry teachers. Lateral-entry teachers can clear their provisional North Carolina teaching licenses through the program in 12 to 18 months. 

Nov 29, 2018

UNC System: Pursuing Excellence in All 100 Counties

Ally Gagnon, a freshman science education major at the NC State College of Education, says she's learning how to lead her future STEM classroom with creativity, dedication and passion as a Teaching Fellow at NC State. The recently re-established N.C. Teaching Fellows program offers competitive, merit-based forgivable loans to students like Gagnon who want to pursue teaching in areas of critical need in North Carolina. 

Nov 26, 2018

[Video] Onslow County Schools: Thank You to NC State College of Education for 800+ Books, Resources and Supplies

The NC State College of Education collected over 800 books, materials and resources to support Onslow County Schools after Hurricane Florence battered much of the county. "We just want to thank the NC State College of Education for such a generous donation," said Deborah Hoffman, principal of Jacksonville Commons Elementary School. "It looks like a project that started pretty small and turned into something absolutely large and phenomenal, and we're very thankful to be recipients of those books and supplies and resources."