Executive Director and Professor Emerita, NC State University
Raleigh, NC
Joined October 2008
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Celebrating Juneteenth as a national holiday. Learn more about Juneteenth from the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Juneteenth: Celebration of Resilience.
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Today, we celebrate Governor James B. Hunt, who led NC through four historic terms as the nation's first Education Governor. Every day, we seek to push his dream of equitable education for all forward by doing things #TheHuntWay. Happy birthday, Governor! youtu.be/11mavS8btic
Our new book on global literacies is out. We synthesized the professional literature to create a 4-dimension definition of global literacies. Grateful for 27 colleagues who contributed chapters to illustrate the 4 dimensions and to Bogum Yoon who wrote the Foreword.
Appreciative of the Champions of Education Award I received last week from Univ. of South Carolina, my alma mater, for 43 years of service to the education profession. With College of Education Dean Thomas Hodges and Director Teesa Brunson.
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The @FridayInstitute's #NewLit Collab left energized from @NCReadingAssoc's #NCRACON2023. Thank you to the educators who made our #literacyecosystem and #pbiglobal sessions generative!
Heard the remarkable Beverly McIver, "who lays her soul bare," discuss her art tonight at CAM Raleigh. Inspiring.
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Join the @FridayInstitute's #newlit Collab for "Activating the Literacy Learning Ecosystem" on March 27 from 10:50-11:40 am in Winston-Salem at #NCRACON2023 w/the @NCReadingAssoc
Celebrating International Women's Day. Lead, follow, transform, make a difference. internationalwomensday.com/
With Shea Kerkhoff at AACTE in Indianapolis, presenting on global literacies. Our new book on this topic will be out May 2023. This is my first ed. conference since I retired from NC State last June. Great to be with and learn from passionate educators.
Check out our latest research on broadcast pedagogy #newlit collaborative
A recent research study published by @FridayInstitute staff highlights how #literacy classroom instructional approaches can be adapted for television through the concept of #BroadcastPedagogy. Learn more: bit.ly/3Wfd8Sp @sbausell @MHimes_NCSU @haspires
ALT Graphic split in two. On the lefthand side is a red background with the text "Literacy Teachers Address Broadband Gap Through Broadcast Pedagogy." On the righthand side is a gray background with images of the four authors of the paper: Sarah Bausell, Marie Himes, Erin Huggins and Hiller Spires
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BREAKING: In a 4-3 decision, the North Carolina Supreme Court ordered lawmakers to transfer state funds for years two and three of the Leandro plan, making way for major investments in the state's public education system. #nced
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NC Teachers - Join the @FridayInstitute's #newlit Collaborative's session on Project-Based Inquiry (PBI) Global with partners from Person Early College tomorrow (10/29) from 9-10:45 AM US ET at AIM22 sched.co/1DSXr @AIM_NCDPI #aim22 @sched
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Third grade reading retention is back. Should it be? Friday Institute Executive Director + Professor Emerita Hiller Spires (@haspires) discusses ways to make reading retention more effective in this @educationweek story by @s_e_schwartz. #literacy #newlit bit.ly/3TZVOzO
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In a recent Friday Institute study, educators shared their online #ProfessionalDevelopment needs during the pandemic. Learn more about what they shared + recommendations for educators + researchers during an upcoming webinar: bit.ly/3eDDv4u @drcallie_tweets @cheedemmera
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On Tue. night, the @FridayInstitute's #newlit Collaborative facilitated Suzhou North America High School's SEL PD Session 4 -- exploring research on SEL in the Chinese internationalized school context and discussing teacher-created SEL scenarios.
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A recent study written by @haspires, @MHimes_NCSU + Erin Krupa is contributing findings to a growing body of evidence in support of project-based learning. Learn more: bit.ly/3ypP3z4 #PBL #NewLit
ALT Supporting Students’ Science Content Knowledge and Motivation through Project-Based Inquiry Global in a Cross-School Collaboration. Featuring images of Hiller Spires, Marie Himes and Erin Krupa