This assistant drivers instructor's manual for a school bus driver instructional program accompanies a student study guide--see Note. The manual is divided into five units: (1) Developing a Positive Attitude Toward Handicapping Conditions, (2) Who Are the Children with Handicapping Conditions, (3) Responsibilities of the School Bus Transportation…

RECOGNIZING THEIR FINANCIAL STAKE IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, HARTFORD BUSINESS LEADERS THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO REMEDY THE SOCIAL ILLS ENDEMIC TO THE CENTRAL AREAS OF THE CITY. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE RESULTED FROM A GROWING EXODUS OF WHITE PERSONS FROM CITY TO SUBURBAN AREAS AND A…

THE BACKGROUND AND PRESENT STATUS OF PROJECT CONCERN, A 2-YEAR DESEGREGATION PROJECT IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. ABOUT 260 MINORITY GROUP PUPILS FROM EIGHT INNER-CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE BEING BUSED TO SCHOOLS IN FIVE OUTLYING SUBURBAN AREAS. STATE AND LOCAL TAX MONIES, PRIVATE FOUNDATION FUNDS, AND A FEDERAL GRANT…

THE STEPS TAKEN TO DESEGREGATE THE OAK RIDGE, TENN., SCHOOLS ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE. ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SEGREGATED BECAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL PATTERNS, WAS CLOSED AND ITS STUDENTS REDISTRIBUTED AMONG OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE CITY. UNDER THE INITIATIVE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THIS PLAN WENT INTO EFFECT IN THE FALL OF 1967 AND IS SAID TO HAVE…

June 1975 marks the end of the fourth year of court-ordered busing for desegregation of the Pontiac Public schools. At the end of each year of busing, a survey of parents of students in the affected grades is conducted with the purpose of assessing parental attitudes about the busing plan, their perceptions of their children's education, and for…

This book is about the fight for integration in Berkeley, California. Integration in this community was accomplished by bussing white children from affluent neighborhoods to black ghetto schools and vice versa. Author recounts the struggles with a traditional, status quo school board, community resistance, and prejudice. Anecdotal stories of the…

Questionnaires concerning opinions regarding racial integration, busing, and ability grouping were solicited in Spring, 1968, just prior to total desegregation of the Berkeley schools, from 337 Berkeley, California elementary school teachers and from the parents of over 8,000 elementary school pupils. Analyses of the results indicated that: (1)…

Based on the firm conviction that integrated schools are vital to our efforts to provide quality education for all children, the New York City Board of Education has continued to assume a leadership role in developing and supporting programs aimed at reducing minority group isolation. A variety of techniques has been employed: selection of sites…

In October 1970 the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University and Cooperative Extension launched a research and action pilot program to improve the quality of life in Chenango County. High priority areas included the improvement of social services delivery and the increased participation of low income families…

This Title IV, Civil Rights Act evaluation of Projects to Improve Equality of Educational Opportunities in Redlands, school year 1969-1970, concludes that the outcomes of a year of desegregated education are as follows. Seventy percent of the parents said that their children are more interested in school and are receiving a better education today.…

The Holland Day Care Center in Michigan serves a diverse community of Anglo children of Dutch ancestry and children of former migrant workers of Chicano, Black, Puerto Rican and Cuban origins who have settled in the area. Located in two churches which are about three blocks apart, the program divides children by ability and age into five…

The "STAY" Program is a feasibility study of a proposed trimester year-round school program requiring that two-thirds of the students be in attendance at any one time. This study is intended as a technical guide for those school administrators and board members who plan to experiment with, or those who have installed, year-round…

This study surveyed the effects of bussing nearly 1,200 blacks in the Buffalo (N. Y.) Public Schools from segregated inner city schools to schools where the population was primarily white. The blacks, in grades 5-7, were bussed from 6 inner city schools to 22 receiving schools. Findings include the following: (1) blacks integrated into classes…

In July 1980 University of Wisconsin Board of Regents passed a resolution stipulating that transportation plans be prepared for each campus in the UW system. A System Transportation Study Task Group was appointed and developed a uniform procedure and reporting format. (MLW)

Traces efforts to develop a statewide plan for computerized school bus fleet operation by means of questionnaires distributed to all 58 county education offices, 7 regional data processing centers, and selected private school bus contractors and school districts. Findings indicate significant potential savings for fleets of 20 or more busses. (JBM)