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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5302/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Billions in Aid Given to US Schools with Few Requirements' data-article-id='5856'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10104'>The United States federal government is giving a record amount of pandemic aid to the nation’s schools.</span> <span data-start-time='10104' data-end-time='23313'>President Joe Biden’s administration is hoping schools use the money to improve deep problems within the nation’s school system. </span> <span data-start-time='23313' data-end-time='31854'>But many districts say they have more immediate problems to solve first.</span> <span data-start-time='31854' data-end-time='39063'>Detroit, Michigan, is a poor city with a long-struggling school system. </span> <span data-start-time='39063' data-end-time='46458'>The city is using the federal money to fix buildings with structural problems. </span> <span data-start-time='46458' data-end-time='58250'>The district is also using some of the government money to hire more teachers, have smaller classes and provide more mental health services. </span> <span data-start-time='58250' data-end-time='69854'>But at least half of the $1.3 billion in federal aid is being used to repair school buildings.</span> <span data-start-time='69854' data-end-time='75229'>Nikolai Vitti leads Detroit Public Schools. </span> <span data-start-time='75229' data-end-time='88792'>He said, “For decades, we have been inequitably funded to deal with the enormous needs that poverty and racial injustice have created in our city.” </span> <span data-start-time='88792' data-end-time='98563'>With the pandemic money, he said, the district will finally be able to work toward fixing the problem.</span> <span data-start-time='98563' data-end-time='107167'>The Biden administration has pushed schools to make large changes with the money. </span> <span data-start-time='107167' data-end-time='115000'>Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has called it a time for big ideas. </span> <span data-start-time='115000' data-end-time='121438'>He said districts could use the money to lessen inequality.</span> <span data-start-time='121438' data-end-time='131021'>But many large city districts are putting the pandemic money towards short-term needs.</span> <span data-start-time='131021' data-end-time='140708'>Schools have used the aid to hire medical workers, put more books in libraries and bring back art classes.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5302/in_which_state_is_the_city_of_detroit_located.wav'>In which state is the city of Detroit located?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Michigan'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5302/missouri.wav'><span>Missouri</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5302/michigan.wav'><span>Michigan</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5302/montana.wav'><span>Montana</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5302/ohio.wav'><span>Ohio</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18005 data-hint-location='131021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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