Former Gov. Jim Hunt will talk about national education policy for the new Obama administration when he accepts an education award this month.
N.C. State University's College of Education will give Hunt, the four-term governor who started Smart Start, its Friday Medal on Nov. 19, Lynn Bonner reports.
The medal, named for former UNC president William Friday and his wife Ida, is awarded each year to education innovators.
Hunt continued to be active in education after he left office in 2000.
He served on the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education assembled by President Bush's education secretary. He is chairman of the board and a founder of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, a California-based think tank. He also serves as board chairman of the James B. Hunt Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy at UNC, which works on improving K-12 education in the United States.
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Re: Hunt to talk national education policy
I also admire Jim Hunt for what he did for education in North Carolina. With that being said, I think the federal government should not play a role in education, and currently plays a very small role in education, and I would like to see it stay that way.