America’s Students Need School and Campus Modernization
Far too many students are learning in schools with leaky roofs and peeling paint in overcrowded classrooms with out-of-date or no technology. Senator Brown (D-OH) and Representative DeLauro (D-CT) have introduced the Fix America’s Schools Today Act (S. 1597/H.R. 2948), which would provide needed funds to ensure students the learning environments so essential to their success. A bi-partisan group of politicians in Virginia has also called for a reworking of federal tax policy to support school modernization in an Op-Ed published by Politico.
Indoor Air Quality: Our Students Deserve Better
NEA Members Talk School Modernization
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| Jossette Threatts – Dover, Delaware Para-educator talks emergency evacuations for burst pipes. |
Karen Blackwood – Urbana, Maryland Instructional assistant says her elementary houses 998 students, only built for 675. |
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| Lynn Witts – Polson, Montana Para-professional says roof leaks, humidity causing health problems for students. |
Joseph Leonard Almaguer – Las Cruces, New Mexico Electrician says old electrical systems can’t handle powering classroom computers. |
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| Stephone Avery – Camden, Arkansas Head custodian says school infrastructure needs complete overhaul, can’t continue to patch systems indefinitely. |
Debbie Solis – Westminster, Colorado School bus monitor says manually pumping wheelchair lifts on older buses scares her special needs students. |
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| Stacy Yanko – Hopatcong, New Jersey Library assistant says mold and air quality issues caused by hurricane Irene are effecting asthmatic students. |
Dianna Beatty – Colorado Springs, Colorado Math teacher says broken windows aren’t being replaced, other repairs delayed due to fear of asbestos. |
Education Votes Coverage of School Modernization
- School Building Don’t Stay Sound Without a Sound Funding Foundation
- Community Colleges Need Help F.A.S.T.
- NEA Spotlights Urgent Need for School Modernization
- Education Support Professionals Talk School Modernization
- NEA Members Talk School Modernization With President Obama
- Community Colleges Welcome Modernization Act
Take Action
- Tell your Members of Congress to put Americans back to work and ensure our children get the education they deserve by supporting school modernization and passing the Fix America’s Schools Today (FAST) Act.
- Share your school modernization story — We need your stories to help put pressure on Members of Congress to do the right thing.
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Posted February 27th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Schools should not have to “make do”. To fix the problem of this enormous deficit we must invest in education. This education has to include every child on American soil, and provide them all with an equal opportunity to succeed. Educated Americans are much less likely to need the social welfare safety nets, they are less likely to end up in the expensive prison systems, and they are statistically wealthier meaning that they will own more property and pay more taxes. Instead of bailing out the banks, or cutting taxes for the wealthy we should invest in our youth.
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Where were these dramatic pleas a few years ago, before our economy collapsed under the weight of the enormous new deficit? It troubles me when government workers become narrow-minded and fail to look at the big picture. Schools will have to make do, like everybody else, and we must stop educating the children of immigrants, (legal or illegal) for free. These children should be educated in the country of their parents’ citizenship, or pay for private schooling. That is what children born abroad to U.S. citizen parents must do.