The Biden administration will hand out $900 million to pay for “green” school buses, as the nation’s public school students continue to perform poorly in the aggregate.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced the recipients of the funding for school buses designed to fight climate change, with schools in 47 states receiving money for the vehicles
The spending comes as American public school students continue to struggle to make up for learning disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdown policies. A 2022 review by the National Assessment of Educational Progress found that only 31% of eighth grade students met or exceeded grade-level proficiency in reading, a decrease from 2019.
“President Biden believes every child deserves the opportunity to lead a healthy life and breathe clean air, and his........