Are America’s school buildings in bad shape?

Last Thursday, President Obama called for $25 billion to modernize 35,000 of the country’s aging school buildings as part of his $450 billion American Jobs Act plan.  And regardless of the prospects for the passage of Obama’s plan, it’s worth asking: Does attending a run-down school affect students’ achievement levels? The average K-12 building in

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Are America’s school buildings in bad shape?

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