Outlines five successful administrative practices to follow to prevent problems with school buses. (MD)

Arguments for and against the installation of seat belts in school buses are discussed. (DF)

Presents factual data on research in school bus safety that shows that seat belts in school buses may actually be detrimental to students. Includes data from surveys and research tests and sources for additional information on seat belts in school buses. (MD)

Outlines two case histories of schools districts that have used microcomputers in the planning and management of pupil transportation systems. Using microcomputers in transportation planning is new and most effective in smaller, rural districts. (MD)

Outlines the development of the National Minimum Standard Conferences. The major purpose of these conferences has been recommendations regarding standards and operations for school buses. (MD)

Repercussions of recent economic difficulties on job content, employment levels, structure of the work force, and industrial relations are examined. The effect of new technologies on these areas is discussed. (Author/CT)

Reanalysis of a study re: the impact of bussing on student achievement constitutes the basis for a four-article debate on the statistical validity of the original study and that of its critic. (JC)

This guide was designed as a reference for school administrators in special education and transportation to help them in arranging for and providing special transportation for students with disabilities. The guide has four chapters that examine: (1) questions often asked about a school district's responsibility for special transportation; (2)…

This textbook is intended to furnish interesting collateral reading for the classes in United States History. It is to be read and enjoyed as background material, rather than to be learned and recited. This volume covers: (1) The Era of Good Feeling, 1817-1825; (2) John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; (3) Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845; (4) The Story of the…

Discussing whether or not the long-range effects of 2 highway construction projects in Appalachia will produce the expected results, the article concludes that highway expenditures are oriented toward aiding depressed people rather than the depressed geographic area. (KM)

People on the road seem to arrange themselves according to three main types: students, street and road people, and runaways. From the perspective of conventional society road people are threatening, for the latter have defined dropping out in a way at least appealing to those who cannot conform to the responsibilities of adulthood. (Author)

Analyzes transportation energy consumption and energy intensiveness for inter-city freight and passenger traffic and urban passenger traffic with the definition of energy intensiveness as Btu per ton-mile or per passenger-mile. Indicates that public education is one of three ways to achieve the goals of energy conservation. (CC)

Text of a formal statement the author made before the Minnesota State Board of Education. He testified concerning the conversion of the South Carolina public school system from a dual to a unitary one. (DM)

The study is an attempt to measure attitudes of voters toward proposed busing of Negro children from urban areas tosuburban schools. Voters understanding of the issue could not be determined; therefore facts are not conclusive even though discrimination was a component. (JB)

Author is New York State's Commissioner of Education. (CB)