N.C. Dropout Experts

My story needs more. It needs an expert voice. An anecdotal story is only helpful if it illustrates something about an entire group.

So if Jimmy Lucas is an outlier, that is interesting. But it doesn't tell us about the typical dropout in North Carolina. Here are some agencies I am trying to get in touch with to see what about Jimmy Lucas is typical and what is atypical.

North Carolina Public Schools

North Carolina Association of School Administrators

America's Promise Alliance

I know that he did drugs, skipped school and had a parent who did not finish high school. Those all seem like risk factors to me. But I'm no professional!

Know any good experts?