New Jersey State Senator Teresa Ruiz reflects on education and 5 years since COVID shutdowns

New Jersey is known for having one of the most generously funded public education systems in the nation. But a new report from the Education Recovery Scoreboard shows students in the state still haven't fully recovered the academic ground they lost when schools moved to predominately remote instruction. State Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz of New Jersey was the chair of the Education Committee during the start of the pandemic. She joined WNYC host Michael Hill to discuss how the pandemic changed education in Garden State.