Dear John,

As summer comes to a close, we hope you have had some time to relax and recharge before the new school year!

In this email, we have a number of exciting updates from our Hunt team to share with you, including:

Research Brief: Measuring Educational Opportunity in North Carolina Public School Districts
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. Carr examines data on the reading and math achievement of students in North Carolina public schools as they progress from third to eighth grade.

Download Robert C. Carr Brief PDF

SAS, Hunt Institute partner to help states alleviate learning loss effects of COVID-19
Read SAS's blog post on the Chief State School Officers Retreats, which were co-hosted by the Hunt Institute and SAS and focused on accelerating learning and reducing achievement gaps. The retreats are a critical component of the COVID Constituency initiative, which aims to translate public priorities and needs into policy action for policymakers and education leaders. The blog post was written by SAS' Melody Schopp, PhD, and our own CEO/President Javaid Siddiqi, PhD, and links to the retreats' key takeaways.

SCORE Announces Seventh Cohort of Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute
Thirty-two leaders from higher education, K-12 education, government, business, and nonprofit organizations have been selected for the seventh cohort of the Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute (CTLI), a joint initiative of the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) and The Hunt Institute.

The COVID School-Relief Funds You Might Not Know About, Explained
Read Education Week's article on COVID School-Relief Funds which features our GEER Funds Utilization tracker.

Unstructured, longer play time called key to early learning
Read K12 Dive's article recapping our webinar in partnership with Trust for Learning: Creating Ideal Learning Environments Through Play.

This summer, President & CEO Dr. Javaid Siddiqi contributed three articles to The Hill:

June: How 1 million more teachers of color can transform American education
July: Updating education data systems is critical to COVID recovery
August: Want to solve the student debt crisis — restructure interest rates

Early Childhood Leadership Summit
On Wednesday, August 24 – Friday, August 26, 2022, The Hunt Institute will host the Early Childhood Leadership Summit, a bipartisan convening with state teams from all 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico, comprised of senior elected officials, gubernatorial staff, and key early childhood system leaders in Phoenix, AZ.

ElevateNC: Higher Education
On August 29-30, the third cohort of the ElevateNC: Higher Education program will convene in Asheville, NC. This program is designed to enhance leadership capacity and to provide a forum for the development of strategies that increase postsecondary attainment.

We are currently hiring for the following positions:

For more information, visit our website.

We hope you are able to attend our upcoming webinars! You can register using the links below, and please feel free to share with your networks.

In case you missed any of our previous webinars, catch them on our Youtube page or learn more with our I ntersection Reflections blog.

The Hunt Institute & National Parents Union |
Changing the Narrative for Effective Parent and Family Engagement

Join us for a conversation in partnership with the National Parents Union around how education systems can appropriately leverage parent engagement to transform education for the better.

This webinar will mainly focus on the importance of educator wellness and the ways in which this can be improved within schools.

During this webinar, resource experts will discuss the pivotal role community colleges play in the higher education landscape.

In this session, an expert panel will discuss the state of the child care industry, considering the continuing impact of the pandemic.

What we're reading across teams:

Early Childhood:
- Putting parents first could be the secret to a successful return-to-office from The Washington Post
- California To Become 1st State To Give Free School Lunches To Students from Huffpost
- Pre-K suspensions and expulsions can have dire effects — but we don’t know how common they are from EdNC
K12 Ed:
- PROOF POINTS: Researchers say cries of teacher shortages are overblown from The Hechinger Report
- NC Department of Public Instruction hiring 115 literacy coaches from WCNC
- Can Tech Boost Reading? Literacy Tools Come to Classrooms from WSJ
Higher Ed:
- Cardona's Vision for Higher Ed from Inside Higher Ed
- SHEEO Wrap Up from Inside Higher Ed
- UNC System expands efforts to help adult learners complete college from EdNC
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:
- Supporting Indigenous Students in NC from EdNC
- Common App Experiments with Direct Admissions, Sees More Equity from Diverse Education
- More Colleges Are Adding Diversity to Tenure Standards. But the Debate’s Not Settled from The Chronicle of Higher Education

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach our team by email at [email protected].

All the best,
The Hunt Institute Team

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We are currently hiring for the following positions:

The Hunt Institute & National Parents Union |
Changing the Narrative for Effective Parent and Family Engagement

Race & Education |
Teacher Wellbeing: The Importance of Educator Wellness Amidst the Pandemic

Postsecondary Pathways | The Role of Community Colleges in Postsecondary Attainment

Early Efforts |
The State of America's Child Care Industry

What we're reading across teams:

We are currently hiring for the following positions:

The Hunt Institute & National Parents Union | Changing the Narrative for Effective Parent and Family Engagement

Race & Education | Teacher Wellbeing: The Importance of Educator Wellness Amidst the Pandemic

Postsecondary Pathways | The Role of Community Colleges in Postsecondary Attainment

Early Efforts | The State of America's Child Care Industry

What we're reading across teams:

The Hunt Institute & National Parents Union |
Changing the Narrative for Effective Parent and Family Engagement

Race & Education |
Teacher Wellbeing: The Importance of Educator Wellness Amidst the Pandemic

Early Efforts |
The State of America's Child Care Industry