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Cordes, Sarah A.; Rick, Christopher; Schwartz, Amy Ellen – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
School buses may be a critical education policy lever, breaking the link between schools and neighborhoods and facilitating access to school choice. Yet little is known about the commute for bus riders, including the average length of the bus ride or whether long commutes harm academic outcomes. We begin to fill this gap using data from New York…
Descriptors: School Buses, Student Transportation, Urban Schools, Racial Differences
Sack, Joetta L. – Education Week, 2005
Loudoun County, Virginia has seen a population explosion since the early 1990s, going from just over 50,000 residents to about 250,000 today. And its growth is expected to continue for the foreseeable future as demand for housing pushes Washington's suburbs farther and farther outward. The school system's enrollment of 44,014 students is more than…
Descriptors: Transportation, Counties, Community Schools, School Buses
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1983
The District of Columbia Public Schools system has taken action to ensure that supply items will be obtained at the most competitive prices. Because lack of storage facilities prevented bulk purchase of emergency items at competitive rates, the Division of Buildings and Grounds has remodeled a building as a warehouse to store large quantities of…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities, Efficiency