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Mar 8, 2021

WNCT: New Satellite Internet Pilot Program to Connect Students in Two N.C. Counties

Ray Zeisz, director of the Technology Infrastructure Lab at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, speaks about how the Friday Institute will provide support for a new program that will allow students to access high-speed internet via satellite.  

Mar 8, 2021

Chalkbeat: Want Big Advances from Students and Schools? Invest in Principals, Says New Research

A Wallace Foundation study co-authored by NC State College of Education Associate Professor Anna Egalite, Ph.D., finds that principals matter even more than previously believed.  

Mar 4, 2021

Student Experience Research Network: How Intermediary Organizations Use Research to Promote Equity & Inclusion in Education

Student Experience Research Network: How Intermediary Organizations Use Research to Promote Equity & Inclusion in Education 

Feb 26, 2021

EdLeader: Measuring the Impact of Effective Principals featuring Dr. Anna Egalit‪e‬

NC State College of Education Associate Professor Anna Egalite, Ph.D., discusses a recent Wallace Foundation report she co-authored that found the impact of principals is even stronger than initially thought.  

Feb 26, 2021

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Faculty Members Are Suffering Burnout. These Strategies Could Help.

Audrey Jaeger, Ph.D., W. Dallas Herring Professor in the NC State College of Education and Executive Director of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, shares why community college leaders need flexibility as they serve a diverse student population with varying needs. 

Feb 24, 2021

Teachers College Record: Review of Meghan Manfra’s Action Research for Classrooms, Schools, and Communities

A review of Action Research for Classrooms, Schools, and Communities, authored by Associate Professor Meghan Manfra, Ph.D., published in Teachers College Record says the book "has the potential to become a worn text in any action researcher’s library, specifically those researchers inquiring about educational policy and school reform." 

Feb 23, 2021

EdNC: A Qualified, Well-prepared Principal in Every School

A new study commissioned by the Wallace Foundation and co-authored by NC State College of Education Associate Professor Anna Eglite, Ph.D., highlights the importance of effective principals. Programs like the College of Education's Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA) are helping to prepare high-quality principals to fill those roles.  

Feb 18, 2021

EdNC: A Deep Dive into the Advanced Teaching Roles Program

Friday Institute for Educational Innovation conducted a deep dive into three pilot districts — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), Edgecombe County Public Schools (ECPS) and Pitt County Schools (PCS) — implementing the Advanced Teaching Roles program to learn why some aspects of the program led to improvements in recruitment and retention, stabilization of school culture, and gains in student outcomes, while some aspects did not. 

Feb 16, 2021

Education Week: Top-Tier Principals Spark Big Gains in Student Learning. A New Study Shows How Much

A new study co-authored by NC State College of Education Associate Professor Anna Egalite, Ph.D., shows that replacing a below-average principal with an above-average one can add the equivalent of 2.9 more months of learning in math and 2.7 more months of learning in reading during a single school year. 

Feb 16, 2021

WTVD: Experts Offer Advice for Successful Return To In-person Learning

Patricia Hillard, Ph.D., a research scholar at the NC State College of Education's Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, offers advice for educators as they prepare for a return to in-person learning.