 As an extension of Governor Sanford's focus on education, Ehle was instrumental in the founding of both the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, among the first such state-supported high schools for the gifted and talented in the United States.He was also responsible for the founding of the North Carolina Governor's School, the first summer program of its kind for gifted students in North Carolina.From 1964 to 1966, Ehle served as an adviser on President Lyndon B. Johnson's White House Group for Domestic Affairs.