Middlesex Carteret New Brunswick Edison Twp. Perth Amboy Monmouth Asbury Park Matawan-Aberdeen Eatontown Neptune Twp. The goal is to identify corrective actions to address educational inequities resulting from discrimination based on race, gender, disability, and national origin. It also includes education for females and males in career education and lifelong learning. The DOE's Office of Bilingual Education and Equity Issues coordinates efforts with individuals and organizations to work to replace bias with unity and understanding through a series of interventions, workshops, and conferences that focus on cross-cultural understanding, respect and harmony in schools and communities.
Activities are ongoing throughout the year.
There are 18 centers housed in institutions of higher education and 50 demonstration sites housed in school districts. These are listed on our web site. Since the Holocaust curriculum was developed and distributed during the 1995-96 school year, additional units on other genocides have been developed. A new unit on African American slavery was also developed and is currently being reviewed. The New Jersey Legislature in 1994 passed legislation signed by the governor mandating the teaching of the Holocaust and genocide in all school districts of New Jersey in grades K-12.