Will Obama/Duncan Embrace FAST (Fix America's Schools Today)?
A race everyone can enjoy and a jobs plan! that we all can benefit from for years to come--even Bill Gates.
Creating Jobs Through FAST!, a Proposed New Infrastructure Program to Repair America’s Public Schools
By Mary Filardo, Jared Bernstein, and Ross Eisenbrey
The 21st Century School Fund and the Economic Policy Institute propose to create Fix America’s Schools Today (FAST!), a project that would help address the need for job creation while tackling disrepair in the nation’s schools.
The Problem
The average U.S. public school building is 40 years old, and many are much older. The cost of