August 16, 2022
Dr. Robert C. Carr is a research scientist at the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. In a research brief titled “Measuring Educational Opportunity in North Carolina Public School Districts,” Dr....
April 25, 2022
The Hunt-Lee Commission released its final report, which includes 16 recommendations to improve public education in North Carolina. The report was endorsed unanimously by all commission members, setting the stage for a productive bipartisan approach...
November 16, 2021
Nineteen months into the pandemic, we are beginning to understand more about unfinished learning. We know this phenomenon has impacted students of color, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low-income backgrounds...
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...
May 21, 2021
Governor Jim Hunt founded The James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Foundation, Inc. in the spring of 2001 after finishing his fourth term in office as governor of North Carolina. He had seen just how powerful...
March 17, 2021
Across the country many higher education students experience food insecurity - the limited or uncertain access to adequate food. Increasingly, students rely on campus dining services, and campus food pantries where available, as their only resource...
June 19, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn has caused significant uncertainty surrounding state and local tax revenues. These revenue shortfalls mean that policymakers have less money to allocate towards education and other government...
June 3, 2020
In Part 5 of our Making Sense of NC School Funding blog series we invited leaders from two North Carolina school districts to share their perspectives on school funding. Read on to learn about school funding from Cabarrus County Schools’...
May 27, 2020
The ability of North Carolina’s institutions of higher education to prepare an industry-ready workforce has become increasingly important in attracting business to our state. We spoke with Kevin Howell, Vice Chancellor for External Affairs,...
April 22, 2020
By Jack Cecil, President, Biltmore Farms and myFutureNC Board of Directors; Michael Dempsey, Dean and Director, Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville; Joseph Fox, Fox Management Consulting Enterprises; Laura Leatherwood, President, Blue Ridge Community...
