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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
Pittsburgh Board of Public Education, PA. – 1965
THIS REPORT FURNISHES AN ACCOUNT OF THE POLICIES OF THE PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON RACIAL INTEGRATION AND EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE ARE DETAILED, AND SPECIAL PROBLEM AREAS ARE IDENTIFIED. COMPENSATORY EDUCATION, EVEN IF IT IMPLIES DELAYED INTEGRATION IN SOME INSTANCES, IS SEEN AS THE…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Bus Transportation, Compensatory Education, Consultants
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
Upton, James; And Others – 1978
This paper examines community responses to court-ordered desegregation in Louisville, Boston, Denver, and Dallas. Background information is provided on the implementation of desegregation, court decisions affecting desegregation, reactions to desegregation and busing, and the influence of social structures, political traditions, and prevailing…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Court Litigation
Freedom House Inst. on Schools and Education, Roxbury, MA. – 1975
The initial black community response to the desegregation plan submitted by the School Department is contained in this document. The principal purpose is to make clear to the court that in evaluating this plan, or any other, improvements in the quality of schooling is sought. Efforts to rid the Boston schools of discriminatory pupil placement are…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Education, Black Influences, Black Leadership
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
Cohen, Michael J. – 1974
The result of a pioneering effort in environmental education (early 1960's), this book explains and defines the concepts and activities incorporated in "expedition education". The Trailside school is described as a study/travel program for small groups of secondary students who, working toward 1 year of high school or 2 semesters of…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Coeducation, Curriculum, Ecology
Radford City Schools, VA.
The guide is one of a series developed in a pilot project to integrate career education concepts with traditional subject matter and topics in elementary grades K-7 and in special education. Developed by teachers in the Radford, Virginia, schools, the units make use of resource persons from outside the school, occupational information,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Bus Transportation, Career Education, Clothing
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
National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, Topeka, KS. – 1973
This volume contains 20 conference speeches that cover a wide spectrum of legal issues and professional problems, such as (1) the rights of nontenured teachers to due process in nonrenewal cases; (2) the legal ramifications of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972; (3) the authority of Congress to limit the jurisdiction of federal courts;…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Contracts, Court Litigation, Due Process
New York State Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1972
The five chapters of this summary report cover (1) the state of education in New York State, (2) financing education and Federal aid (two chapters), (3) racial and ethnic integration, and (4) aid to nonpublic schools. The report urges full State funding for education with the assistance of Federal aid to assure equal educational opportunity.…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, Equal Education
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York, NY. – 1972
This paper focuses on the political nature of the present busing controversy. It is felt that the proposed moratorium on busing threatens gains which have been made in previous years through institutional and judicial enforcement of the Civil Rights Act in providing equal educational opportunities to all children. The advantages and disadvantages…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Classroom Desegregation
National Safety Council, Chicago, IL. – 1967
This working guide for the school bus supervisor shows how to increase the safety and efficiency of school transportation. Guidelines are provided to help prevent accidents involving school buses and to establish sound operating policies for school transportation fleets. The booklet points out how any school transportation system can provide its…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Administrator Guides, Bus Transportation, Driver 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
Fox, Michael – Education Canada, 1995
Following the deaths of two elementary school students in bus-related accidents in 1992, the Coroner of Quebec held extensive hearings investigating school bus safety and accident prevention. A subsequent report addressed responsibilities of government and school board officials to correct deficiencies in school bus services and provided…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Boards of Education, Bus Drivers, Bus Transportation
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