Events & Insights

The Riley Institute brings people together around ideas and issues that shape opportunity and upward social and economic mobility. Through public events, research, analysis, and thought leadership, we explore the role that education and civic engagement play in helping people and communities thrive.

Below, explore upcoming events, timely perspectives, and insights that connect research, policy, and practice; elevate informed and diverse voices; and deepen understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing South Carolina and beyond.

Staff Opinions

Riley Institute’s Bryan Boroughs and Claudia Winkler provide opinion piece on collective agency

This op-ed was originally ran on November 17, 2024, in the Greenville News.   Americans are unhappy. If nothing else is clear after the recent elections, surely that is. According to Gallup, 72% of Americans...

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Gregory, Winkler write op-ed about innovative literacy program, Spark!

This op-ed was originally ran on January 24, 2025 in the South Carolina Daily Gazette. by Kelly Gregory, Claudia Winkler   When education specialists from The Riley Institute at Furman University met with an innovative team...

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