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Schmandt, Henry J.; And Others – 1977
This is a preliminary study of the relationship of local government reorganization to the operation of the public school system in each of three urban complexes. Included in the study were two of the approximately twenty metropolitan areas in the U.S. and Canada that have undergone governmental merger or major structural reorganization since 1946:…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Case Studies, City Government, Consolidated Schools
Rubin, Lillian M. – 1972
After several years of pressure from black community organizations and their white allies, in December 1968 the Richmond Unified School District school board set in motion plans to integrate all its elementary schools. The plans necessitated some two-way busing. Four months later the proponents of that plan were soundly defeated by the electorate,…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bus Transportation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Center for Law and Education. – 1972
Contents of this issue of "Inequality in Education" include: (1) "Busing is not the issue," Reubin Askew, Governor of Florida; (2) "Pupil transportation: a brief history," Paul V. Smith; (3) "White parents' fears," Patricia Derian, which discusses the desegregation of the schools in Jackson, Mississippi in the late 1960's from the point of view of…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, De Facto Segregation, De Jure Segregation, Desegregation Effects
Mazzarella, Jo Ann – 1977
The practical aspects of planning and successfully implementing a busing program for school desegregation are emphasized in this guide. The author points out that school districts that don't wait for a court order to start planning school desegregation stand a much better chance of smooth implementation. From interviews with school administrators,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bus Transportation, Busing, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1991
In addition to the regular transportation of students to school, the Transportation Department of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District provides transportation for alternative and special education programs, field trips, and after-school activities. The context evaluation (program description), input evaluation (staffing and…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips
O'BRIEN, RICHARD J. – 1968
THIS TECHNICAL NOTE, ONE OF A SERIES PUBLISHED ON THE URBAN EDUCATION MODEL, PRESENTS A MODEL FOR DETERMINING REQUIRED SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS WHEN RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE RACIAL AND/OR SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF EACH SCHOOL PLANT. THESE ATTENDANCE AREAS ARE GENERATED IN A MANNER INSURING THE ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS WHICH MINIMIZES THE…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Educational Facilities
WRIGHT, J. SKELLY – 1967
THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS EXCERPTS FROM THE OPINION HANDED DOWN IN THE "HOBSON V. HANSEN" CASE. A SUIT HAD BEEN FILED IN 1966 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS WHICH CHARGED THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WAS DISCRIMINATING UNCONSTITUTIONALLY AGAINST NEGROES AND POOR CHILDREN ON BOTH DE JURE AND DE FACTO…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Black Students, Board of Education Policy, Bus Transportation
Shelton, Raymond O. – 1976
The Hillsborough County School District is recognized as the nation's most successfully desegregated metropolitan school district in the United States. Basic statistics show that the pupil population has grown to 115,000; pupil and faculty composition is approximately 80% white and 20% black; 56,000 pupils are transported daily, 25,000 for…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Bus Transportation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
This report evaluates four New York City school district educational projects funded by the "New York State Urban Education Program". The Diagnostic and Remedial Reading Center provides intensive instruction in reading to approximately 40 to 45 children during the academic year. The center is staffed by a reading specialist, a part-time…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Educational Diagnosis, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Bowman, Diana; Barksdale, Katina – National Center for Homeless Education, 2004
The purpose of this monograph is to review the provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act as related to the provision of transportation of homeless children and youth to their school of origin and provide recommendations for implementing the transportation mandate. The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) in 2003-2004…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Bus Transportation, Federal Legislation, Homeless People
Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC. – 1970
This document is the text of the brief for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, October 1970. The statement of the motion to file brief is followed by the brief and argument comprising (1) the present state of the law; (2) the "root and branch" of the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bus Transportation, Community Schools, Court Litigation
Canipe, Stephen L. – 1979
This paper offers a general perspective of school energy use based on national surveys and a state of North Carolina perspective based on the public school laws that can have energy impact. Data from two surveys conducted in 1972-73 and 1974-75 are analyzed. Findings show a shift away from oil and a shift from direct use of coal to use of…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Cost Effectiveness, Differences, Educational Facilities Improvement
Lucas, Robert E. – Mini Journal, 1976
Despite the problems and issues that arise from the merger (such as racial prejudice, polarization of blacks and whites, frustration, isolation, busing, and the maintenance of discipline), the merger results in a better school system, a stronger faculty and adminstration, and more dedicated and better informed citizenry. Several important goals…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Centralization, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation
Nunnery, Michael Y. – 1969
This pamphlet surveys the research and literature concerned with such local school district services as school plant planning and services, school community communication, school food services, school transportation services, and research and evaluation services. A series of generalizations is listed for each topic based on information reported in…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bus Transportation, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design
Pogany, Peter P. – 1973
The study applied the conventional linear transportation program to the student assignment problem and investigated methods of measuring the achieved level of desegregation. Existing measures of desegregation were analyzed, and two new indexes were developed for use in the present model and probably for other system analytical models designed to…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Attendance, Bus Transportation, Cost Effectiveness
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