August 8, 2013 – Over 100 students from Beijing, China visited NC State University to work with the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation’s New Literacies Collaborative (NLC). It marks the first time the NLC has…

  August 2, 2013 – Professional development can assist teachers and students in developing new digital and media literacy skills needed for the knowledge economy and technology-intensive jobs. The Friday Institute’s New Literacies Collaborative helped…

What does the Excellent Public Schools Act mean for teachers and students? This was the theme of the New Literacies Collaborative Spring Symposium co-sponsored with the NC Department of Public Instruction at the Friday Institute…

This week undergraduates from the College of Education are traveling to Beijing, China to complete their student teaching requirement. As they take on the challenge to learn to teach in a classroom abroad, this trip…

Common Core transforms education North Carolina is among 45 states that have adopted new national standards that seek to make education in the United States more uniform, through a system called the Common Core Standards.…

Beijing Royal School Students Visit North Carolina State University Chinese students from the Beijing Royal School visited North Carolina State University as part of a tour of U.S. higher education institutions. As part of the…

Leaders in business, education and policy engaged in an open dialogue about how North Carolina has progressed in Chinese cultural programs and to discuss collaborating to increase partnerships at the 3rd Biennial Summit on US/China…

Teachers and administrators from North Carolina attended a collaborative institute that encouraged them to Inquire, Collaborate and Create while focusing on how literacy is changing as a result of emerging technologies. The Friday Institute for…