New Jersey would update how it teaches students struggling with reading and appoint a “Learning Loss Czar” to help students who fell behind during the pandemic under a series of proposed laws introduced last week in Trenton. Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex, introduced a package of four bills designed to help students in all grades. The legislation follows Gov. Phil Murphy’s State of the State address last month in which he stressed the importance of improving literacy rates. “An emphasis on phonics in reading instruction is essential to the lifelong success of our children,” Mur…