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Jennifer Weld
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July 30, 2021
The Challenge By mid-March 2020, most American schools shut their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, over a year later, schools across the country are open partially or fully for in-person instruction. However, many states have reported a...
July 29, 2021
We recently returned from the first meeting of the inaugural cohort of The Hunt Institute’s Hunt State Policy Fellows (HSPF) program, where we met county commissioners, school board members, mayors, city councilors, advocates, and other community...
July 23, 2021
The Challenge The start of another school year is around the corner and with it comes kindergarten entry assessments (KEAs), sometimes referred to as kindergarten readiness assessments (KRAs). KEAs can provide a baseline understanding of children’s...
July 15, 2021
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has created a host of ethical and legal questions that have left education leaders and policymakers across the nation scrambling to create policies and procedures that direct public actions. One such ethical...
July 9, 2021
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act was signed into law on March 11, 2021. The rescue package provided $122 billion of the total $1.9 trillion, to support the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) Fund. The fund provided state...
July 9, 2021
The Informed Decision-Making Collaborative (IDMC) is an initiative in North Carolina led by The Hunt Institute in collaboration with the Office of the Governor and the North Carolina Government Data Analytics Center. This effort brings together...
July 1, 2021
As many institutions of higher education (IHEs) prepare to welcome students back to campus for the first time since March 2020, administrators, faculty, and staff are grappling with how to help their institutions return to ‘normal.’...
June 25, 2021
The federal government has provided three relief packages to aid K-12 education during the coronavirus pandemic. The Hunt Institute is tracking how states have been allocating these relief dollars to support K-12 schools and students. In...
June 17, 2021
The Challenge Institutions of higher education (IHEs) have undergone unprecedented changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than a year after the United States’ initial lockdowns, many institutions are grappling with how to best support students...
June 4, 2021
The Challenge Thanks to the large vaccine distribution in the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has begun to show signs of slowing. Some students and families remain hesitant to return to in-person learning in the fall. Many school...
