Race 'Not A Factor' In Black Teacher's Firing, NC School Says

By Hayley Fowler ( April 23, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT) -- A Black teacher in North Carolina was fired for failing to teach his students the necessary curriculum to pass their end-of-grade-level testing, not because he injected race into his lessons, the school argued Thursday in seeking a pretrial win on his discrimination claims....

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