Reviews findings of recent studies of school segregation and tests the idea that school integration is a major cause of white flight from the nation's largest cities. The potential of busing and other techniques for integration is discussed. (Author/AM)

Suggests that given the fact that there is no way to prevent further expansion of the ghettos, spreading school and housing segregation are virtually inevitable in the absence of a powerful policy to alter the normal self-fulfilling prophecies of neighborhood transition. (Author/AM)

The impact of busing in eight Florida school districts upon parental decision to abandon the public schools is studied. The results indicated rejecters of public schools were more likely to have been scheduled for busing, more likely to be bused more than ten miles, and more likely to be assigned to a majority black school. Policy suggestions to…

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.…

The manual is intended for training personnel who provide transportation services to handicapped students. Sections cover: types of special education transportation, state regulations (Illinois) governing special education transportation, major concerns of transportation providers, brief descriptions of the various areas of exceptionality (e.g.…

Management of bus fleet maintenance requires systematic recordkeeping, management reporting, and work scheduling procedures. Tools for controlling and monitoring routine maintenance activities are in common use. These include defect and fluid consumption reports, work order systems, historical maintenance records, and performance and cost…

Presents views of legislators and organizations who are opponents of busing school children to achieve racial balance in public schools. (SF)

The state of Washington is moving towards the assumption of the full costs of public school student transportation. This move has increased interest at the state level in transportation costs originating at the local district level. These costs have been relatively high in the Seattle school district, complicated by the city's geographic and…

This report is the first statistical study published by the Census Bureau to describe the distance, time, and mode of transportation of students enrolled in school from the nursery school level through college, as well as for those in vocational schools. The information was obtained from members of households who were interviewed in the October…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate present provisions for the financing of school transportation in Tennessee. It includes the following: (1) an analysis of variations among Tennessee districts in the per pupil costs of transportation, (2) an evaluation of the factors that cause variations in per pupil costs that are beyond the control of…

An examination of city demography and enrollment trends is the basis of this report which presents a long range plan stipulating locations and capacities of new schools, and costs of proposed construction. Recommendations include a proposed plan of metropolitan cooperation in education, a system reorganization plan, a transportation plan for…

A review of significant activities in the area of computerized school bus routing is conducted. The various factors which contribute to the complexity of transporting students to and from school are first surveyed and, following this, the overall problem is formalized in terms of a system of nodes and links. An analysis of several routing systems…

Sixty thousand students from the Los Angeles Unified School District are being bused. Parents are reacting to the legal order. In addition, increasing numbers of teacher strikes are occurring around the nation. The desegregation program taking place in Los Angeles, and the effects of teacher activism in other parts of the country, are described.…

This article reports the preliminary findings of a study on changes in community opinion during the desegregation process. Responses to various questions regarding desegregation in the Charlotte-Mecklenberg school system in North Carolina by Black and White community members are summarized. (Author/EB)