Lesson Plans are Being Reworked To Stretch Construction Dollars
(Photo courtesy of Etkin Skanska)
Public school construction in the U.S. has long been a juggernaut that almost couldn't be stopped. Fast-growing regions have rushed to keep up with the needs of their bulging school-age populations, older communities pressed to expand and modernize aging educational infrastructure, and many in between have been targeted by courts and legislatures for disparities between rich and poor. In recent years, billions were earmarked by well-heeled states or approved by generous voters to jump start the largest school construction effort since the 1950s Baby Boomer days.