K-LOVE Closer Look: Old Schools Get Free Makeovers Through Heart Of America
\u201cThis country created the majority of its schools during the 1940s, 50s and 60s,\u201d says Jill Hardy-Heath, President and CEO of Heart of America. Disrepair deeply affects learning. \u201cIf you walk into a school where you have peeling paint and ceiling tiles that are falling, and things have not been updated \u2013 think about how that would make you feel.\u201d HOA is committed to raising the spirits of those students and teachers. \u201cWe transform spaces,\u201d she smiles. \u201cThink about Extreme Home Makeover, but School Edition.\u201d Rafael Sierra reports. [Educational Media Foundation - All Rights Reserved]