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February 2, 2023
Before the Retreat officially began, we kicked off the day with our Education Policy Bootcamp, which gave newly elected officials a foundation understanding of education policy in North Carolina. The first session, titled “North Carolina’s...
December 19, 2022
On Wednesday, December 7 – Friday, December 9, 2022, The Hunt Institute hosted the first meeting of the Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows’ ninth cohort at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows program – unlike any...
December 12, 2022
On December 1-2, 2022, The Hunt Institute traveled to Jefferson City, MO, to host the 2022 Missouri Legislators Retreat. This was the fifth annual Retreat, and was co-chaired by Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft,...
November 22, 2022
On October 27-28, 2022, The Hunt Institute hosted the 2022 Virginia Education Summit in Roanoke, V.A., in partnership with the Virginia Senate Education & Health and House Education Committees. The Summit brought leading experts and...
October 25, 2022
Today, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released its first full report since 2019 – and it’s just as alarming as we suspected. The report revealed steep declines in reading and math scores among 4th and 8th graders nationwide....
October 10, 2022
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are vital to higher education. Yet, many land-grant HBCUs have received lower levels of funding since their inception. Over the past few decades, in fact, inequity in land-grant university funding...
September 27, 2022
On Thursday, September 22, 2022, members of The Hunt Institute traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the Excellence in Innovation and Collaborations Awards luncheon at the HBCU Week Conference organized by the White House Initiative on Advancing...
September 8, 2022
Read the article online here. The Leadership Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of two leaders in education and communications to its Board of Directors. The Hunt Institute CEO Dr. Javaid Siddiqi and SoftBank Group Head of...
September 1, 2022
From Wednesday, August 24 – Friday, August 26, 2022, The Hunt Institute hosted a bipartisan convening with 52 state teams, including Puerto Rico and Washington DC, comprised of senior elected officials, gubernatorial staff, and key early childhood...
August 31, 2022
By Tracey Pearson Read the article online here. What do you do when the job you’ve prepared for your entire career suddenly doesn’t look the same? When an assortment of unique issues beyond your control, including the “Great Resignation,”...
