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Michael Yaple
Coverage of Michael Yaple in the Nexus archive.
- New Jersey Invests Record Money in Preschool, But Serving Multilingual Learners is Another Story
New Jersey has invested a record $1.4 billion in preschool education, but challenges remain in providing consistent language support for multilingual learners. While state laws mandate language services, implementation varies across districts, and preschoolers were only recently included in multilingual learner policies. Over 47% of children ages 0–5 in the state are multilingual learners, yet infrastructure and targeted approaches are still lacking.