TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey has spent more than two decades — and many billions of dollars — building a high-quality, free universal pre-K system to serve all needy kids in the state. It’s won widespread acclaim. And President Joe Biden’s administration wants to make it a model for the nation.
But the program has an accountability problem.
In Trenton, the state’s capital and one of its poorest cities, private pre-K providers have long complained of “political favoritism” and a state Department of Education unwilling — or unable — to step in.
Now, some of these providers — community groups that are funded by the state and contracted by the school district — say it’s time for the state to confront the structural issues they claim are degrading the preschool experience for needy children throughout New Jersey as Gov. Phil Murphy seeks reelection.
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