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Jennifer Weld
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April 9, 2021
The Challenge Schools are an essential source of nonacademic support for students as they provide essential services including health and mental health resources. These services are necessary factors for students’ emotional, social, and physical...
April 8, 2021
As policymakers across the country grapple with how to administer 2021 assessments, The Hunt Institute and Data Quality Campaign have hosted a series of webinars highlighting different aspects of measuring student growth this year. During these...
April 7, 2021
(Posted from ACT's Leadership Blog) ACT and The Hunt Institute are mission-aligned on closing gaps in education equity, opportunity, and achievement. Stay tuned for opportunities to engage with both organizations as we work together to provide...
March 24, 2021
On March 9, 2021, Homeroom with Education Leaders kicked off another webinar with State Superintendent Catherine Truitt, Superintendent of Public Instruction for North Carolina; Hassan Hassan, Chief Executive Officer at 4.0 Schools; and Joel...
March 18, 2021
Experts estimate that nearly three million students have not experienced any education since March 2020. Following the cancellation of state assessments and the waiver of state and federal accountability systems due to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
March 17, 2021
The Challenge Nationwide school disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted the education of millions of students, as many students experience inequitable access to distance learning and educators find growing evidence of large...
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...
March 2, 2021
On March 1st, the Senate confirmed Dr. Miguel Cardona as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education. In the letter below, Dr. Javaid Siddiqi, President & CEO of The Hunt Institute and Dan Weisberg, CEO of TNTP, call on Secretary Cardona and President...
March 1, 2021
Our February Postsecondary Pathways webinar included insights on higher education data and equity from Dr. Christopher Nellum, Dr. Carlos Santiago, and Mamie Voight. As state leaders think about how to reimagine systems of higher education in...
March 1, 2021
In February, our early childhood philanthropy webinar brought together Ellen Roche, Meka Sales, and Monica Hobbs Vinluan. During the event, panelists discussed the work their organizations are undertaking to alleviate some of the pressure...
