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Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx' Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx'
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Trump Administration Names These North Jersey Schools Best In U.S. Trump Administration Names These North Jersey Schools Best In U.S.
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…

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by Cecilia Levine