research

Jun 25, 2025

U.S. News’ 2025-2025 Best Global Universities: NC State #65 in the World, #1 in N.C. in Education and Educational Research

NC State University has been ranked #65 in the world in the education and educational research category in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Global Universities Subject Rankings. Among colleges in the U.S., NC State ranks #25 in the education and educational research category, and it is the only university in North Carolina to rank in this category.

Jun 5, 2025

Associate Professor Jamie Pearson Addresses Special Education Needs in the U.S. and Abroad through Grant-funded Projects

Jamie Pearson, an associate professor of special education in NC State’s College of Education, is working to improve special education in the United States and internationally through two recently funded projects.

Jun 3, 2025

Professor John Nietfeld, Goodnight Distinguished Professor Maria Coady Aim to Improve Multilingual Students’ Learning through Game-based Environment

NC State College of Education Professor of Educational Psychology John Nietfeld and Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Educational Equity Maria Coady are hoping to close the gap between multilingual and monolingual students’ reading comprehension and science learning through the development of an innovative game-based learning environment.

May 27, 2025

Assistant Professor Catherine Hartman to Join University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement 2025-2026 Class of Fellows

Catherine Hartman, an assistant professor of community college leadership in the NC State College of Education, has been selected to join the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement 2025-2026 Class of Fellows.

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.

May 19, 2025

FLIP-STEM Interdisciplinary Hub Centers Student Experience, Agency through Rural Workshops

Over the past year, the members of the Fostering Learning, Identity, and Participation within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (FLIP-STEM) interdisciplinary hub have seen firsthand the way middle school students thrive when given agency over their learning.

May 12, 2025

North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE) Interdisciplinary Hub Engages Educators, Students and Community through Two Events

Dozens of educators, students and members of various North Carolina organizations had opportunities to learn about civic engagement this spring thanks to two events hosted by the NC State College of Education’s North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE) Interdisciplinary Research Hub.

Apr 28, 2025

Department Head and Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education Joy Gaston Gayles Wins AERA Research Focus on Education and Sport SIG Distinguished Senior Scholar Award

Joy Gaston Gayles, head of the NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development and an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of higher education, has been selected as the recipient of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Research Focus on Education and Sport (RFES) Special Interest Group (SIG) Distinguished Senior Scholar Award.

Apr 24, 2025

Catalyst Grant Empowers Rural Students, Enhances Computational Thinking Through STEAM Club

West Middle School sixth grader Olive Cleckler discovered an unexpected way to complete her interactive project—by turning her braces into part of a functioning circuit. Her improvisational tinkering—and the support she received from an AI teammate embedded in ArtAlgo—captures the heart of the project: reimagining coding as a creative and collaborative practice between youth and intelligent systems.

Apr 7, 2025

2025 Graduate Student Research Symposium Winners Named

Nearly 200 NC State graduate students presented their research projects during the 17th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, including College of Education students Victoria Newton and Madeline Stallard, who won second- and third-place in the education category.