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This shows the discrepancy between White and Black elementary student proficiency scores in NHCS.
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What policy analysts say about significant test score disparities between Black and White students
Rachel Keith
Local, state, and national results on standardized tests show that there are significant discrepancies in proficiency rates between Black and White students. Those who study the issue say it’s challenging to find solutions surrounding these inequities.
City Council member Kevin Spears, left, and Atiba Johnson, right, Vice Chairman for the City of Wilmington Commission on African-American History, move the memorial wreath to the front of the podium during the Commemoration of the 127th Anniversary of the 1898 Massacre Wreath Laying Ceremony at the 1898 Memorial Park in downtown Wilmington on November 10, 2025.
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Photos: Wilmington's 1898 wreath-laying ceremony
Madeline Gray
Election Day voting site in downtown Wilmington.
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The award-winning author Carmen Maria Machado was the keynote speaker for the Buckner Lecture Series at UNCW Writers' Week.
  1. Carmen Maria Machado keeps coming back
  2. Most NHC schools staffed after viral anonymous post calls for teachers to call out Friday and Monday
  3. Wilmington City Council passes resolution opposing Chemours Fayetteville Works Expansion
  4. NHCS board approves next year’s calendar, starts looking into funding streams for preschool
  5. Brunswick County municipal races see major upsets
  6. New Hanover County’s beach towns election results
  7. Former Board of Elections chairman charged with felony child abuse faces more legal trouble
  8. For the second election in a row, Democrats sweep Wilmington council and mayoral races
  9. Two top members of Wilmington’s city administration resign
  10. Municipal early voter turnout in New Hanover County is up significantly
  11. The North Carolina legislature changed the voting maps. What happened?
  12. NCGOP wants investigation of alleged Wilmington election fraud, local Democratic party calls it a "political stunt"
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Cameron Art Museum Associate Curator Ben Billingsley and CEO Heather Wilson
  1. Heather Wilson and Ben Billingsley on the Cameron Art Museum's newest exhibitions
  2. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Kim Lebby, executive director of the Dreams Center for Arts Education
  3. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Hunter Ingram, assistant director of the Burgwin-Wright House
  4. Entertainer Jason Aycock on dance, directing, and Wilmington's theatre community
  5. Commentary: Nan Graham
  6. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Rod Abernethy
  7. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington-based Working Films Celebrating 25th Anniversary
  8. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: "Speaking of Trees" with Rachel Hilburn Lewis and Andy Wood
  9. Actress, singer, and voice artist Heather Setzler on her acting career and Wilmington's theater scene
  10. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Oskar Espina Ruiz, artistic director of Chamber Music Wilmington
  11. Grammy-nominated artist Damion Murrill on his family's musical journey and empowering the next generation
  12. Commentary: Judge Gary Trawick
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
  1. This podcast says 'I've Had It' with Republicans – and Democrats who don't fight back
  2. Museums had a rough 2025: Report shows lower attendance, lost grants, less money
  3. The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to grace periods for mail ballot returns
  4. Trump floats tariff 'dividends' even while plan shows major flaws
  5. When the dust settles on the shutdown deal, Democrats will likely still have the edge
  6. Morning news brief
  7. 'Not what any of us signed up for': National Guard members on Trump's deployments
  8. Iraq War veteran talks about life after war
  9. Families accuse Camp Mystic of ignoring risks in Texas lawsuit over flood deaths
  10. Trump grants pardons to Giuliani and other allies linked to 2020 election efforts
State News
ICE says the operation took place from March 1 to March 8.
  1. Reports say federal officials could launch immigration operation in Charlotte
  2. Forsyth schools debt is down to $13M, but major budget cuts continue to strain educators
  3. Judge orders NC Medicaid to reverse autism therapy reimbursement rate cuts amid funding dispute
  4. Winston-Salem rethinks noise rules ahead of amphitheater construction
  5. On rural stretches of the Blue Ridge Parkway, businesses fear losing another tourist season
  6. Alison Krauss & Union Station to headline 2026 MerleFest
  7. Bethesda Center drops affordable housing involvement
  8. NC State Board of Elections hires new staff with ties to Republicans
  9. Guilford County to host free health care clinic
  10. After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
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