Yet, year after year, data reveals that Black preschoolers are significantly more likely to be suspended or expelled than White preschoolers. This means Black children are far too likely to miss out on early childhood experiences that support healthy brain development during their critical early years, and help unlock their fullest potential.
The North Carolina Coalition for Inclusion, Not Expulsions is a group of advocates who have come together to build a movement to solve an urgent issue that affects all of our communities: eliminating early care and education suspensions, expulsions and exclusionary practices in North Carolina.
To solve this issue, the Coalition is pursuing bold policy and practice solutions that will lead to a thriving early childhood system:
We’ve had a big year at the North Carolina Coalition for Inclusion, Not Expulsions! Here’s a recap of our top three accomplishments in 2024. 1. We launched our Strategic Action Plan. We developed our plan using state and national resources, plus insights from on-the-ground and academic experts from the Coalition, North Carolina and across the…
We at the North Carolina Coalition for Inclusion, Not Expulsions envision a North Carolina early care and education system where Black children and families have equitable opportunity to participate in early care and education settings. It’s a bold vision that requires a powerful strategic action plan to achieve. How We Developed our Strategic Action…