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Racial disparities persist in North Carolina schools, new report finds

States Newsroom · October 8, 2026

Black students in North Carolina were 3.7 times as likely as their white peers to receive a short-term suspension during the 2024-25 school year, even as the overall number of suspensions continues to decline, according to an analysis of state education data by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. The disparity…

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Racial disparities persist in North Carolina schools, new report finds

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