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Why 90K New Jersey Students Aren't Online
To date, 90,000 of New Jersey's children have not been able to connect to online classes during the past three months of the pandemic. State senator Teresa Ruiz (D NJ 29th district, Essex County), chair of the Senate Education Committee and Senate President pro tempore, discusses why so many children fell through the cracks and what the state needs to do before classes resume in the fall.