The North Carolina Education Research Council provides research to support decision making on major policy issues by the Education Cabinet and the units of state government its members represent. The Cabinet includes the Governor, the Chair of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the President of North Carolina Community Colleges, the President of the University of North Carolina, and the President of the North Carolina Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (ex officio).

NCERC Staff

Dr. Charles L. Thompson
Director
919-962-8373
cthomps@ga.unc.edu

Elizabeth Kolb Cunningham
Attorney and Research Associate
919-843-8127
efk@ga.unc.edu

Amanda Bernhard
Research Associate
919-843-6951
bernhard@ga.unc.edu

For additional information contact:

The North Carolina Education Research Council
P.O. Box 2688
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Telephone: 919-962-8373
Fax: 919-843-8128

NCERC Publications

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First in America: A Preview (March 2000) In his 1999 State of the State Address, Governor Jim Hunt challenged North Carolinians to make our schools First in America by 2010. The Governor directed the North Carolina Education Research Council to design and issue an annual Progress Report and Report Card on the state's progress toward the First in America goals. Initial drafts of the First in America reports are provided. The first official reports will be released in the fall of 2000.

Research on Retention and Social Promotion: Synthesis and Implications for Policy (January 1999)