Some U.S. schools using Covid aid for fixing buildings instead of enhancing learning

Schools use Covid aid to fix buildings as kids struggle to catch up on lost learning Georgetown University experts say a quarter of the $184 billion in pandemic aid designated for schools since 2020 and spent so far has gone toward facilities and construction. NBC News

Public school districts still have tens of billions in federal funds to spend helping kids make up the learning they lost to Covid, but some experts worry that so far schools have spent too much of that money making long-delayed fixes to run-down physical facilities.

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