Schools are struggling to spend COVID-19 stimulus money quickly enough - a podcast by Marketplace

The American Rescue Plan gave public schools $122 billion to update facilities and help students through the pandemic, but they’ll have to return whatever they don’t spend by September 2024. Today, we look into the pressures of working in a bureaucracy and why schools may need more time. Plus: Why our obsession with older homes might not be so charming and how economists are predicting Fed interest rate hikes will play out.

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