Despite the political banter of Washington, D.C., President Obama offered a bright solution in his jobs speech: school construction.

As the President noted in his speech, “ How can we expect our kids to do their best in places that are literally falling apart? This is America. Every child deserves a great school — and we can give it to them, if we act now.”

As proposed the American Jobs Act would repair and modernize at least 35,000 schools – creating jobs in communities across the country.

In one groundbreaking example, Dr. Robert Pollin of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst has demonstrated that spending on education generates the largest number of jobs (23.1 per $1 million in spending) of any government spending.