For every dollar that Nebraska fails to spend on pre-kindergarten programs, New Jersey spends at least five. Expenditure on such programs exceeds $12,000 for every single child enrolled in one. That's over $2,000 higher than anywhere else.
We think New Jersey may be putting so much into youth education in the hope that the kids will grow up and work out what to do with all the waste in the state. There are 114 waste sites designated as 'hazardous.' That's a record high.