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Just 21 states require students to take personal finance coursework to graduate high school, with only a handful mandating stand-alone classes, according to the Council for Economic Education. Yet the access to that education remains unequal and the impact is clear. In 2019, the median wealth of Black households in the U.S. was $24,100, compared with $189,100 for white households. As for the programs, less than 12% of students are required to take a stand-alone personal finance course to graduate high school, outside of the six states mandate it, research by Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonpr...

Inequities in distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations and low overall vaccination rate explain why Black parents prefer remote schooling.

POLITICO Get the New Jersey Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Ørsted Good Thursday morning! Across the Hudson, Democrats who control the Legislature have a plan to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of his emergency pandemic powers — even if there’s debate over how much it actually does.

A poll conducted by Project Ready New Jersey shows that voters are split on whether or not schools should reopen yet.

Not all parents are in a hurry for schools to reopen. Why the divide? Updated Mar 03, 2021; Ronice Bruce’s two teenage children haven’t been inside a classroom in more than 350 days. Other parents in the Montclair school district have rallied for in-person learning. The Board of Education wants a judge to order teachers back into their classrooms. And Bruce is — well, just fine waiting for school buildings to reopen in September, she said. Bruce, a widow, has already lost six friends to COVID-19, she said. She isn’t in a rush to see Montclair schools open until the virus is fully und...