New Deal agencies like the CWA, WPA, & PWA built, repaired, or improved thousands of schools during the Great Depression. They improved our nation's educational capabilities, while providing a wealth jobs for contractors and unemployed Americans.
The school above is Beall High school (1940-2007) in Frostburg, Maryland. A PWA-funded project, the building served thousands of Maryland families for nearly 70 years before being (unfortunately) demolished.
Some people say that the New Deal was a complete failure. It's hard for me to understand that type of thinking, when we used (or are still using) thousands upon thousands of New Deal schools, parks, athletic fields, bridges, etc.
(Photo by the WPA--which played a role in the improvement of the surrounding grounds--and provided courtesy of the University of Maryland College Park Archives)
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