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Apr 23, 2026

Pete Peterson ’26MAT: ‘The College of Education Prepared Me By Consistently Requiring Me to Connect Theory to Practice’

A classroom teacher in Elizabeth City, Peterson came to the College of Education to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching in Secondary English Education. As he prepares to graduate, he is grateful for the way the program helped him to connect theory to practice and for opportunities he had to contribute to research efforts.

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Apr 22, 2026

Josh Thompson Joining College of Education as Assistant Professor of Secondary English Language Arts

Josh Thompson will join the NC State College of Education as an assistant professor of secondary English language arts beginning Aug. 16, 2026. Thompson is currently completing his doctoral program at Virginia Tech and previously spent seven years teaching English language arts in rural and rural-serving public high schools.

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Apr 16, 2026

Jocelyn Miller Joining College of Education as Assistant Professor of Elementary Sciences/STEM Education

Jocelyn Miller will join NC State's College of Education as an assistant professor of elementary science/STEM education, beginning August 16, 2026. Currently, Miller is an instructor of undergraduate science education at Texas Tech University.

Doctoral student Xinyan Fu stands with Associate Professor Jackie Relyea as they hold Fu's AERA award.

Apr 14, 2026

Doctoral Student Xinyan Fu Receives AERA Vocabulary Special Interest Group Student Research Paper Award

Xinyan Fu, a doctoral student in NC State’s College of Education earning a Ph.D. in Teacher Education and Learning Sciences literacy and English language arts education concentration, has been awarded the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Vocabulary Special Interest Group (SIG) Student Research Paper Award.
Associate Professor Angela Wiseman stands with her co-authors holding the award they received from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Semiotics in Education Special Interest Group (SIG).

Apr 13, 2026

Book Co-authored by Associate Professor Angela Wiseman Receives Award from AERA Semiotics in Education Special Interest Group

For more than a decade, NC State College of Education Associate Professor of Literacy Education Angela Wiseman has collaborated with researchers from around the country with a focus on visual qualitative research methods in literacy research. Now her work, alongside University of Maryland Professor Jennifer Turner and San Diego State University Professor Marva Capello, has been recognized by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Semiotics in Education Special Interest Group (SIG).
NC State's College of Education is ranked No. 1 in N.C., #7 among public colleges of education, and #26 in the nation in the 2026 U.S. News' Best Education Schools.

Apr 7, 2026

A New High: NC State’s College of Education #1 in N.C., #26 in Nation in U.S. News’ 2026 Best Education School Rankings

NC State’s College of Education is ranked No. 1 in North Carolina and tied for No. 26 in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Graduate Schools: Education rankings released April 7, 2026. That national ranking is an improvement of one spot over last year, making it the second straight year that the College of Education has set a new high in the Best Education Schools rankings. Among public colleges, NC State’s College of Education tied at No. 7 in the nation—its highest-ever. 
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Mar 25, 2026

Belk Center, #PassTheMicYouth Named Recipients of NC State’s Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award

The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and #PassTheMicYouth have been named dual recipients of the award, which is presented by NC State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement in recognition of exemplary community-engaged scholarship and outreach that advances the university’s land-grant mission by addressing the needs of communities across North Carolina.
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Mar 24, 2026

EducationWeek: We All Agree Student Voice Matters. But What Do You Actually Do With It?

Student “voice” means encouraging students to share their thoughts in a class discussion. It also means teachers take students’ opinions about class structure, public policy, and the design of assignments seriously.
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Mar 17, 2026

My Student Experience: Students Explore Education Policy Issues through Advocacy in Action Policy Fellowship

Begun in the Fall 2025 semester, the inaugural Advocacy in Action Policy Fellowship is a year-long professional development cohort that aims to help graduate and undergraduate students gain understanding about North Carolina educational policies, connect with experts and practitioners in the field, engage in policy advocacy training and collaborate with peers to develop and implement an advocacy plan based on collective policy interests.
Septima Clark guides the hand of a Citizenship Education Program student (Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries).

Mar 11, 2026

AAIHS: Ruby J. Gainer, Black Educators, and the Long-Brown Era

Ashley Everson, assistant professor of African American and Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park and a managing editor of Global Black Thought, interviews Professors Amato Nocera and Alexander Hyres about their new article, “Rebel with a Cause: Ruby J. Gainer, Black Educators, and the Long-Brown Era.”