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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.

Apr 30, 2025

How the College of Education Draws on Research-based Practices to Prepare Effective Literacy Teachers

From preparing undergraduate students through coursework and field experiences to helping in-service teachers become literacy specialists, the NC State College of Education draws on research-based practices to develop literacy leaders.

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.

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.

Jul 20, 2022

Publication and Presentation Roundup: A Look at Scholarly Work from College of Education Researchers from April-June, 2022

Faculty, staff and research associates at the NC State College of Education, including its Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, are publishing their research related to pressing educational topics in journals and sharing their work through national and international presentations. Take a look at a selection of presentations and publications from our faculty and research associates from April through June 2022.

Apr 18, 2022

College of Education Scholars Highlight What Teachers Know About Reading Instruction, Comprehension Through Recent Publications

Faculty members in the NC State College of Education have co-authored a series of new papers that focus on what teachers know about literacy instruction and take an asset-based approach to professional development.

Oct 7, 2021

Publication and Presentation Roundup: A Look at Scholarly Work from College of Education Researchers from June-September 2021

Faculty and research associates at the NC State College of Education, including the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, are publishing their research related to pressing topics and sharing their work through national and international presentations. Take a look at presentations and publications from our faculty and research associates from June through September 2021.

Aug 9, 2021

‘Wolfpack WORKS Has Helped Me Grow as an Educator:’ Teachers Reflect on Impact of Literacy Initiative as it Comes to an End

As the Wolfpack WORKS literacy initiative concludes, participating teachers reflect on what they have learned and how the project has helped them and their students grow and improve.

Jul 13, 2021

Elementary Education Program Spotlight: ‘We Share a Commitment to Seeing Our Students Succeed and Ensuring Our Graduates Are Excellent Elementary Teachers’

Through coursework, field placements and propinquity, the NC State College of Education’s elementary education program is preparing future teachers who rank among the most effective in the state.

Mar 30, 2021

Assistant Professor Jill Grifenhagen: ‘Every Child Deserves an Excellent Literacy Teacher Each Year and Elementary Teachers Need to Be Ready to Meet Students’ Diverse Literacy Needs’

No matter how much Jill Grifenhagen, Ph.D., tried to resist following in the footsteps of her mother and other family members who were teachers, the career path kept finding her. She finally gave into her calling during a sociology course she took as an undergraduate that focused on social stratification, where she learned about the ways educational systems can both perpetuate and transcend social inequalities.