The North Carolina Education Futures Initiative (NCEFI) is a multi-disciplinary initiative that is data-driven, evidence-based, policy-focused, and action-oriented. NCEFI brings together community partners and faculty affiliates with expertise in education policy and rigorous research methods from across academic disciplines — including education, public policy, economics, and sociology — to identify, answer questions, and develop programs that are critically important to North Carolina’s efforts to improve educational opportunity and economic development. Its work focuses on conducting timely and rigorous research on pressing policy topics and translating that research and expertise into action and practices through partnerships and technical assistance. NCEFI is led by Matthew Springer, Ph.D., the Robena and Walter E. Hussman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Education Reform at the UNC School of Education, and Andrew Kelly, Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy at the University of North Carolina System Office, and made possible by the John M. Belk Endowment. It is a joint initiative between the School of Education and the Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Centers, Initiatives, & Public Engagement
Edge: Carolina Education Review
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