“The James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy – was established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors in September 2001 as a nonpartisan center for educational policy and leadership.”

As part of their work they collect data and release yearly Early Childhood Landscape Narratives that are deep dives into each state’s early childhood education data.

They recently announced an event based around “Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation’s new documentary Starting at Zero, The Hunt Institute and the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation invites you to join us for a pre-premiere conversation on August 10 on the importance of state and federal investment in early learning featuring North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, President and CEO of the Education Trust, and Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, moderated by Dr. Javaid Siddiqi, President & CEO,

You can register for the event at this link:

(photo is screen shot from The Hunt Institute’s webinar page: http://www.hunt-institute.org/upcoming-webinars/