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Busing
On the road to nowhere
"If one were to look for a likely cause of the separation of the public and its schools, . . . then it would seem advisable to consider this historic trend toward larger schools and districts and the accompanying mass transportation of children out of their neighborhoods and communities to remotely located institutions."
--From An Agenda for Studying Rural School Busing, by Craig B. Howley and Charles R. Smith
Millions of students are bused billions of miles each year in the United States. In general, we know more about the effect this has on the buses than about the impact it may have on the lives of the children and their families. The Rural Trust has encouraged and supported new research on the human impacts of busing.
Challenge West Virginia
RESEARCH
Aug 01 - The Rural Bus Ride in Five States
Apr 01 - The Experience of Rural School Bus Rides
May 00 - Long School Bus Rides: Stealing the Joy of Childhood
Apr 00 - School Consolidation and Transportation Policy: An Empirical and Institutional Analysis
May 99 - Long Rides, Tough Hides: Enduring Long School Bus Rides
Long School Bus Rides: Their Effect on School Budgets, Family Life, and Student Achievement
An Agenda for Studying Rural School Busing, from AEL, Inc.
May 03 - Schools Charging for Bus Rides
Feb 03 - Transportation Costs
Nov 02 - Lengthy Bus Rides, Routes Problems of Consolidation
Mar 02 - The long way home: Busing gobbles up more school money (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Feb 02 - Bus Accident on Route that "Causes No Harm"
Dec 01 - Building Community Leaders in West Virginia
Sep 01 - Long Bus Rides Said To Hurt Rural Achievement (Education Week 9/12/01)
Oct 01 - Overheard Online: Their world in a school bus
Oct 01 - Rural Bus Rides: Study finds it's a long, rough road
Aug 99 - West Virginia Methodists Support Shorter Bus Rides
Aug 99 - Over $10 Billion Spent Annually Busing Kids
Jul 99 - Georgia's Burke County Parent Group Affects School Bus Policies
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