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Our schools are in poor condition. Here's how to give kids a better learning environment.

As debates about America’s infrastructure continue, Congress and the Biden administration must include our schools in this critical investment.

John B. King, Randi Weingarten and George Miller
Opinion contributors

On America’s Infrastructure Report Card, our school buildings received a D-plus, indicating they are in poor and at-risk condition.

With nearly 100,000 schools across the country on about 2 million acres of land, one in every six Americans in a typical year relies on our school buildings and grounds for learning, work and wellbeing.