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Miller, Anthony R. – 1988
The safest means of transportation in the United States is the school bus fleet. Each school day, over 350,000 school buses transport about 22,000,000 children ages 3 to 21--from wheelchair pupils to varsity football players--to and from school in weather conditions ranging from those for Fairbanks, Alaska, to those typical of Cave Creek, Arizona.…
Descriptors: Administration, Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Effectiveness
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Transportation Research Board. – 1989
While school buses transport more passengers per trip, the rate of occupant fatalities per mile driven for school buses is one-quarter that for passenger cars. Nevertheless, the public expects school districts and other school bus operators to take all reasonable precautions to protect children as they travel to and from school. Although a variety…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Bus Transportation, Design Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education
Friese, Kai – 1990
This biography for younger readers describes the life of Rosa Parks, the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus helped establish the civil rights movement. The book is introduced by an overview of the movement by Andrew Young and a timeline indicating major historical events from 1954 through 1968. Highlights in…
Descriptors: Activism, Biographies, Black History, Black Influences
Association of School Business Officials International, Reston, VA. – 1987
The primary purpose of this book is to present the critical issues in pupil transportation that will confront pupil transportation supervisors in local school districts. The following issues are discussed: (1) demands for extended service from community pressure groups; (2) reductions in budget requests by governing bodies; (3) unrest among driver…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Administrators, Budgets, Bus Transportation
Orfield, Gary – 1978
In this book, the busing issue is subjected to systematic investigation and analysis. Materials are drawn together from many disciplines, from a wide variety of school systems, and from courts, the Congress, and Federal and State administrative agencies. The constitutional requirements for desegregation are reviewed and the court's role in…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Court Role, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Bolner, James; Shanley, Robert – 1974
Chapter one examines the constitutional context of the busing issue and focuses on the way courts have dealt with the problem. Attention is divided between the United States Supreme Court's rulings and the work of the lower courts. When courts have required busing for desegregation there has almost inevitably been considerable public opposition.…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Free Choice Transfer Programs
Brown, Lou; And Others – 1975
Presented are 11 technical papers, position statements and instructional programs on the severely handicapped. Included are the following titles: "A Public School Program for Severely and Profoundly Handicapped Students: Zero Exclusion,""Components of Instructional Programs for Severely Handicapped Students,""Procedures of…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Rosenfeld, S. James; Bluth, Linda F. – 1993
This manual is designed to provide the special education and transportation community with one source for both legal and practical information on the transportation of students with disabilities. It provides information on the following topics: (1) the legal context of transportation of students with disabilities; (2) transportation considerations…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Discipline
Wachtel, Betsy; Powers, Brian – 1979
This volume attempts to document ways in which several communities have dealt with the problems of declining school enrollments. Each case study outlines some type of public participation in the task of adjusting to population changes and fiscal pressures. The first chapter supplies an introductory overview of issues related to declining…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation, Case Studies, Citizen Participation
Jones, Thomas N. – 1983
This chapter addresses cases reported in 1982 involving aspects of school board governance. Topics covered include powers of state boards of education; powers and duties of local boards; open meeting laws; school boards and conflicts of interest; school district and board members' election, appointment, and recall; school district organization;…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Rubin, Louis, Ed. – 1978
The essays in this book emphasize trends now shaping society that the authors believe will have a profound effect on schools in the decades to come. Topics covered include declining enrollments and increasing educational costs, the changing role of vocational education, government financing for educational quality, the role of busing, politicking…
Descriptors: Administration, Books, Bus Transportation, Community Schools