It s no secret that many schools across New Jersey are underfunded when you consider what should be doled out based on the state s formula.
But in a report released Wednesday, Garden State residents get a glimpse of the real consequences for students and their futures when schools don t get enough funding to educate New Jersey s youth.
Overall, according to the report from New Jersey Policy Perspective, students in highly funded schools enjoy more curricular offerings and more experienced teachers than students in schools that are not adequately funded.
Underfunded districts, meanwhile, are likely to employ fewer staff members per student, according to the report, which used New Jersey Department of Education data.
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It would take a relatively modest sum to make a big impact on early literacy efforts
Gordon MacInnes
Where does New Jersey lead the nation on things that count? We know that NJ Transit isn’t the model commuter rail system and that Rutgers doesn’t rank with Michigan, UT Austin or UC Berkeley, the best public universities, and that our tax burdens are not the envy of a single state.
Here’s where we’re the national leader: New Jersey provides the highest-quality pre-K for kids from poor families. And this is a product not of gubernatorial or legislative actions but of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decisions in the decades-long Abbott v. Burke case.