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Direct linkSamuel B. Allison – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examines the impact of a bus driver attendance incentive program implemented in a rural Mississippi school district with the aim of improving bus driver attendance rates. There is a shortage of bus drivers across Mississippi which has made bus driver attendance paramount. Bus driver absenteeism causes disruptions in student…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, School Buses, Student Transportation, Influences
Peer revieweddeLara, Ellen – Journal of School Violence, 2008
Every school day bus drivers are responsible for transporting children safely over many miles, yet they are rarely polled for their opinions or contributions to school safety. School bus drivers are in a unique position to inform the discussion on aggressive behavior during the school day. This exploratory study collected information from school…
Descriptors: School Buses, Rural Schools, Student Behavior, Bullying
Howley, Craig B.; Howley, Aimee A.; Shamblen, Steven – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2001
A study comparing rural and suburban school bus rides surveyed 1,194 elementary principals in five states. Rural elementary schools were more likely than suburban schools to have bus rides of 30 minutes of more, attendance areas greater than 10 square miles, rough rides, and older students on the bus with elementary students. (Contains 41…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Education, Rural Areas, Rural Schools
Download full textCentral Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant. – 1969
A study of bus transportation was conducted by the Department of Business at Central Michigan University to determine the feasibility of centralizing the transportation function of the seven rural schools in the COOR Intermediate School District in Michigan, who, at the time of the study, operated their own transportation systems. Investigation…
Descriptors: Administration, Bus Transportation, Centralization, Educational Finance
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1988
Inadequate public transportation in rural areas has long been a major impediment for rural residents' access to health care, jobs, and community activities and services. Particularly disadvantaged in transportation are the rural poor, elderly, and youth. This report highlights the benefits to be gained by passage of the Commission on Rural…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legislation, Rural Areas
Zars, Belle – 1998
Initially driven by school consolidation and later augmented by the mandate to desegregate, school busing systems have grown monumentally all over the United States. Busing policy choices have been made and expanded without regard to the impact on the central enterprise of schools, which is student learning. Anecdotes from Montana, the Navajo…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bus Transportation, Consolidated Schools
