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Betsy DeVos
Hartford, CT
Schools
'Our Students Deserve Better': CT Education Group Calls Out McMahon Nomination
The Connecticut Education Association says President-elect Donald Trump's choice to run the Department of Education is a threat to vulnerable students and local school districts. Trump announced Tuesday, Nov. 19, that Connecticut's Linda McMahon, co-founder and former CEO of WWE, chairwoman of a Trump super PAC and think tank, and co-chair of his transition team, would head the department in his new administration. She also served as his administrator of the Small Business Administrator from 2017 through 2019 during his first term. "The nomination of billionaire Linda McMah…
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
News
Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx'
A Bergen County school district is ending its consulting contract with a self-described "woke" federal agency chief who has made publicly disparaging comments about whites. The comments made by Kelisa Wing -- including her being "exhausted at these white folx" -- ignited calls for her ouster last week as the chief officer for diversity, equity and inclusion in the U.S. Department of Defense's education branch. The controversy is also being felt on the local level in Cresskill, where Wing has provided "diversity and inclusion training" for its Board of Education employees for the past 18 mo…
Greenwich, CT
Politics
Chief Of CT Schools To Join President-Elect Biden's Cabinet As Education Secretary, Reports Say
Connecticut Chief of Schools Miguel Cardona is expected to head south to Washington, D.C. to serve in President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet as Education Secretary in a meteoric two-year rise to national prominence. The appointment of Cardona, a lifelong resident of Meriden, could be officially announced as soon as sometime on Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Washington Post first reported last week that Cardona, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, who was president of the National Education Association for six years, and Leslie T. Fenwick, the dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education and a…
Fairfield, CT
Schools
School In Fairfield County Earns Blue Ribbon Status
One school in Fairfield County earned top marks in 2020 by being recognized as a National Blue Ribbon Schools. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced 367 schools across the country were recognized for their overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among students. In Fairfield County, the South Street School in Danbury was recognized by the Department of Education. Statewide, three others - George Hersey Robertson School in Coventry, Northeast School in Vernon, and Norton Elementary School - were also named as Blue Ribbon awardees. Now in its 38…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Four Westchester Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Status
Four Westchester schools earned top marks in 2020 and have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that 367 schools across the country were recognized for their overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among students. In Westchester, Byram Hills High School in Armonk, Dobbs Ferry High School, Dows Lane Elementary School in Irvington, and Heathcote Elementary School in Scarsdale each earned the distinction. Now in its 38th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed almost 10,000 awards to more th…
Brentwood, NY
Schools
Three Long Island High Schools Earn Blue Ribbon Status
Three Long Island schools earned top marks in 2020 and have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on Thursday, Sept. 24 that 367 schools across the country were recognized for their overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among students. On Long Island, three high schools - Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy, Wantagh, and West Islip - each earned the distinction. It is the second straight year there have been three Long Island schools recognized by the Department of Education. Now in its 38th year, the N…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Politics
Gillibrand Seems Near 2020 Presidential Run With Trump Attacks, Iowa Vist
New York U.S. Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand seems to be signaling that she plans to jump into the 2020 presidential race. Gillibrand is scheduled to visit Iowa next weekend as speculation regarding her potential run continues, according to multiple reports. Gillibrand becomes one of more than two dozen potential Democrats eyeing a seat in the Oval Office. She's been a target of the president, and has recently fired back on social media in advance of her potential trip to the swing state in Iowa. In recent days, she has been targeting the president’s immigration reform and has ex…
Hackensack, NJ
Schools
Trump Administration Names These North Jersey Schools Best In U.S.
Several North Jersey schools were named 2018 National Blue Ribbons Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. The program is one of the most important in the U.S., recognizing public and private elementary, middle and high schools for their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. Bergen and Passaic National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018 are: Christ The Teacher School, Fort Lee Glen Rock High School James Fallon Elementary School, Wayne Our Lady Of Mercy Academy, Park Ridge School 28, Paterson Transfiguration Academy, Bergenfield…
Armonk, NY
Politics
Sex And The State House? Cynthia Nixon Announces Cuomo Primary Challenge
Is Nixon the one? That remains to be seen, but actress Cynthia Nixon, who starred in the HBO hit show “Sex and the City,” officially announced on Monday that she is launching a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the 2018 gubernatorial race in New York. "Together, we can win this fight," Nixon said on her newly launched website, CynthiaforNewYork.com. Nixon announced her candidacy on Twitter, in a post that included a link to a two-minute video which ends with her aboard the train, with the last words spoken being, "Next Stop: Albany." "I’m runnin…
