Review of state data shows that students of color lack the same instruction options during the pandemic as do their white counterparts
MARK WEBER
Mark Weber is a special analyst for education at New Jersey Policy Perspective. He is also a full-time public school teacher in Warren Township and a lecturer in public school finance at Rutgers University.
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We need to see the governor’s proposal for what it really is: a cynical ploy to court voters on the far right
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