For Teachers and Students

We help teachers and students at the K-12 level and beyond by educating current and future educators, studying student learning outcomes, and pushing pedagogical innovation forward.

Top 5% for Research

Our College of Education consistently ranks among the nation’s top schools in active research grants.

276,389 Youth Participants

Each year, NC State Extension — which we run in tandem with N.C. A&T — engages hundreds of thousands of youth through its 4-H program.

#1 Producer

No one produces more STEM educators and community college leaders in North Carolina than NC State.

Supporting the Colleges That Serve Our Communities

The College of Education’s Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research partners with North Carolina’s 58 community colleges to fuel success for students and faculty across the state.

Mining Data to Boost Collaborative Learning in Educational Games

Researchers are applying data mining techniques to analyze the effectiveness of — and make real-time improvements to — educational games.

Three Students Making FFA Impacts Statewide

Meet three NC State students — each passionate about agricultural education, leadership and service — who are making a statewide impact as North Carolina FFA State Officers.

Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Leaders

North Carolina Science Olympiad — the largest K-12 STEM competition in the state and the largest program of its kind in the entire nation — is an NC State program that aims to help North Carolina attract and retain students entering STEM degrees and careers.

Making an impact

Twenty Years of Innovation in Education

From the expansion of the World Wide Web to the dawn of artificial intelligence, the William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation has been there to help educators prepare generations of students for the technology and careers of tomorrow.

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Citizen Science Inspires Kids to Take Local Action

NC State researchers found that a program designed to get Girl Scouts involved in citizen science not only taught girls about the process of science, but also motivated them to tackle scientific or environmental problems in their communities.

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Supporting Military Spouses in Higher Education Transitions

As institutions increasingly identify themselves as “military-friendly,” they tend to concentrate their support and resources primarily on veterans, with little mention of spouses. At the Belk Center for Community College Leadership, researchers are working to help change that.

Education Interdisciplinary Research Hubs

The College of Education has formed five interdisciplinary research hubs that cut across disciplines to generate creative and innovative solutions to address some of the most pressing challenges in education — including advancing STEM participation, growing civic engagement, reducing reading gaps in low-income schools, ensuring well-being and access in rural communities, and improving teacher retention in North Carolina.

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