Exploring school bus ridership and absenteeism in rural communities

Gottfried, Michael A.; Ozuna, Christopher S.; Kirksey, J. Jacob

doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.03.009

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“…Beyond ensuring all families' ability to consider the full range of educational options in a school choice system-arguments often central to the rationale provided for school choice policies (Betts and Loveless 2005), there are multiple potential benefits associated with student transportation. To start, research shows that riding the bus to school reduces chronic absenteeism, particularly among some of the most vulnerable students (Gottfried 2017;Burdick-Will, Stein, and Grigg 2019;Gottfried, Ozuna, and Kirksey 2021). Further, school bus eligibility has been found to increase the likelihood of choosing to attend a particular school, fulfilling the promise of many school choice policies to expand options (Trajkovski, Zabel, and Schwartz 2021).…”

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Student Transportation in Choice-Rich Districts: Implementation Challenges and Responses

Sattin-Bajaj

2023

Education Finance and Policy

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Despite a growing recognition of the significance of student transportation for promoting equitable school choice, to date, there has been limited understanding of the implementation of school transportation policies, particularly in choice-heavy settings. Moreover, little is known about the challenges associated with managing student transportation in large school districts or how school- and district administrators working in distinct contexts respond to these challenges. This brief draws on interview data collected from district administrators, charter school leaders, charter authorizers, and stakeholders in three choice-rich school districts with distinct transportation policies and public transit infrastructures—Detroit, New Orleans, and New York City—to identify the common challenges associated with implementing student transportation policies and administrators' responses to them. The brief includes a discussion of the implications of high transportation costs, logistical complexity, and student safety challenges as well as non-uniform transportation provision and transportation policies for equitable access to charter schools. It ends with a review of some potential policy alternatives that policymakers should consider when designing transportation policies or working to improve existing transportation practices.

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Student Transportation in Choice-Rich Districts: Implementation Challenges and Responses

Sattin-Bajaj

2023

Education Finance and Policy

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“…Yet they do not require them to consider the role of equity in real-life operations like assigning students to elementary teachers, seating in the lunchroom, classroom supply requests, student absences, or a secondary school schedule. Programs do not routinely ask students to consider how evidence on topics like teacher looping (Wedenoja, Papay, & Kraft, 2022); classroom grouping (MacIntyre & Ireson, 2002); gifted and talented identification (Grissom & Redding, 2016); and transportation to school (Gottfried, Ozuna, & Kirksey, 2021) connect to their equity efforts.…”

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Train new principals like THEY work

Hochbein

2023

Phi Delta Kappan

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Without proper training, the realities of leading a school can overwhelm principals. Specifically, the challenges of leading a school will test principals’ abilities to manage operations and implement effective initiatives. Despite knowledge of these demands, author Craig Hochbein writes that aspiring principals often engage in training experiences that do not align with principals’ work. By focusing on how principals spend their time, aspiring principals, school district administrators, and principal training faculty can improve their contributions to principal training.

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Heterogeneity in the household experiences of young children in head start and associations with absenteeism

Wei

2024

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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Exploring school bus ridership and absenteeism in rural communities

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Student Transportation in Choice-Rich Districts: Implementation Challenges and Responses

Student Transportation in Choice-Rich Districts: Implementation Challenges and Responses

Train new principals like THEY work

Heterogeneity in the household experiences of young children in head start and associations with absenteeism

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