The General Accounting Office reviewed the overseas dependents school system to determine how schools for children overseas compare with schools in the United States in the areas of teacher salaries, student-teacher ratios, and cost of operations; if costs can be reduced; and whether the Department of Defense is complying with the congressional…

Article supplied data for the school year 1973-74 on the transportation of public school pupils' in the United States. (Author/RK)

Discusses some basic methods for teachers to help prevent accidents involving student use of bus transportation. (RK)

Even if all buses were to meet the new federal standards, there is a lot more that administrators can do to keep school children safe. (Author)

Three workshops designed for bus drivers focused on understanding what troubles drivers, improving communications and problem management, and including faculty, administrators, and coaches in a discussion of driver problems. (Author/IRT)

Improvements in school bus construction and driver training have increased passenger safety significantly. Seat belts would be expensive to install and maintain and would decrease seating space; their use would be very difficult to enforce; and research has not clearly shown whether they add to or decrease bus safety. (PGD)

Financing enables school districts to operate new buses when funds for outright purchase are not available. This article examines reasons, sources, and pitfalls of school bus financing. (MLF)

Despite the sizable literature on school transportation, little information exists about the social and intellectual implications of long bus rides for students and families or the possible negative consequences of school bus rides. This study examined the nature and experience of riding the school bus in rural as compared to suburban locales in…

Discusses driver and human relations training for school bus drivers. A driver training program in California aims at reaching all 19,000 school bus drivers. A human relations training program in Seattle focuses on bettering student-driver and driver-administrator relations. (DN)

An electrically powered bus is only one of the new people movers" designed to keep students mobile without contributing to air and noise pollution. (Editor)

Three problems discussed by panel of superintendents--(1) Teacher involves students in bond issue; (2) Parents say teacher uses "obscene books; (3) Bus drivers want to ban troublemakers. (NI)

Choosing the number, types, and sizes of school buses requires analysis of the following factors: the number and distribution of students who need transportation; characteristics of the district such as topography, narrowness of streets, and rural or urban location; extracurricular activities and special education programs; and economics and…

Questions based on observations of a Chicago (Illinois) school bus program deal with driver capability, procedures for bus evacuation in an emergency, bus comfort for passengers, safety, fuel efficiency, and creative use of students' bus time. (MLF)

The issues of accident and injury prevention, and safety in physical education programs are discussed in terms of hazard identification and reduction, compensation for unavoidable risks, and avoidance of unnecessary hazards. (JMF)