James B Hunt Jr Institute For Educational Leadership And Policy

State engagement:the hunt institute is currently partnering with illinois, missouri, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, virginia, and west virginia to provide a series of programming designed to build the capacity of state legislators as they tackle the education challenges facing their states. In each of its partner states, the institute hosts a state legislators retreat (slr) and offers ongoing learning experiences to legislators, such as regional visits to innovative and impactful programs across the country and/or a policy discussion series that, over the shared experience of a meal, successfully connects a bipartisan group of policymakers with key national experts in education.

Cross-state team engagement:the hunt institute continues to recognize the value of fostering both inter- and intra-state learning by convening state teams from across the country to discuss topics from across the education continuum. Our content teams have expertise in early childhood, k12, educator workforce pipelines, and higher education. These convenings can be topical in nature, such as the 2023 literacy summit, or geared toward convening state teams comprised of governors' advisors/policy directors, state chiefs, higher education reps, legislators, and others to discuss topical issues addressing the education continuum.