MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2023, 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023, 8:30 AM - 5:15 PM
INNOVATE
SOLVE
COLLABORATE
ABOUT THE NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION DATATHON
The goal of the NC Datathon is to leverage technology and data to develop innovative solutions for addressing complex problems. This event will bring together university and student-led teams from across North Carolina. Teams are challenged to solve an education-related problem by using multiple sources of data.
Teams will work to develop applications, dashboards, and/or solutions to the problem and then present their projects to a panel of expert judges and conference attendees who vote for the best team. The two-day event will include keynote speakers, team work time, presentations, judging, and awarding of winners.
THE CHALLENGE
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
What are the services and resources that students need outside of the classroom to be successful in learning?
What is currently known about if and how students across the state access one or more of these supports?
Where are there opportunities to expand access intentionally and strategically to out of school support services and resources? What would that expansion look like?
What is the best equation or data analysis process teams can create and measure the value of out-of-school supports?
THE DATA
Teams are encouraged to use the publicly available data sets to develop their solutions. Teams are welcome to identify and utilize additional data sources so long as send them to the Hunt Institute to share with other teams. Please contact Julia Whitfield, Associate Policy Analyst at The Hunt Institute, at jwhitfield@hunt-institute.org to share additional datasets by February 24th, 2023, at 5:00pm ET.