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Showing posts with label school buses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school buses. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

AT&T shuts down 3G service tomorrow; transition will hurt rural Americans most, especially vulnerable populations

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"Starting on Wednesday, phones and other devices connected to AT&T ’s 3G cellular network won’t work anymore . The company is the f...
Friday, July 31, 2020

Pandemic highlights need for better rural internet access

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Lack of access to health care and education during the pandemic has highlighted the need for better broadband access in rural areas, Gene Za...
Monday, July 13, 2020

DeVos provides few details on Trump administration push to reopen schools in the fall

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School districts are grappling with how or whether to reopen schools in the fall, and though the Trump administration has called for reopeni...
Monday, February 04, 2019

Report: Driverless cars can't solve rural transportation woes without broadband and better-marked roads

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Scanty public transportation means rural residents already have a harder time getting around without a car than people in urban areas. That...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Rural-urban disparity on school bus transportation costs puts some rural districts in financial bind

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Like many states where rural school districts are large in area, but small in population, Iowa's rural schools are shelling out large s...
Wednesday, May 03, 2017

'Rolling study halls' in rural South Carolina county connect students to wi-fi on school buses

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Middle school student Lakaysha Governor works on her Chromebook (AP photo by Meg Kinnard) Students at six schools in rural Berkeley Cou...
Friday, July 29, 2016

High transportation costs lead very rural Nevada school district to adopt four-day week

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Three rural schools in rural Elko County, Nevada are the latest to switch to four-day weeks "to allow students in those areas more t...
Friday, April 08, 2016

School bus transporation costs in rural Arizona county are more than triple the state average

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In rural and remote areas where the area is expansive but population is sparse, schools are racking up the miles and paying out big bucks...
Thursday, April 07, 2016

Buses with wi-fi keep students in high-poverty district connected outside school hours

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Best Places map The poverty rate for students at Coachella Valley Unified School District in Southern California is more than 95 pe...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

FCC changes in federal subsidy program could help poor, rural students who lack Internet at home

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Perla Castro, top, uses Internet access on a school bus in Donna, Tex. (NYT photo by Ilana Panich-Linsman) About five million students...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Major media often overlook plight of rural schools

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The struggles of rural schools are often overlooked by journalists who focus on urban schools, David Gutierrez writes for Harvard Politi...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

School transportation directors spotlight passing of buses picking up or dropping off children

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Vehicles continue to commit stop-arm violations—illegally passing school buses that have stopped to pick up or discharge passengers. A Nati...
Monday, June 08, 2015

Schools, local police using cameras to crack down on motorists illegally passing school buses

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School districts and local law enforcement across the country are teaming up to use technology to catch motorists illegally passing school...
Friday, April 03, 2015

School bus transportation costs too steep in rural Midwest; districts dipping into education budgets

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Transporting children to and from school in the rural Midwest—especially in remote locations, or in school districts that are spread out bec...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

School District in Kansas exemplifies challenges faced by rural schools across the nation

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Syracuse Unified School District in southwest Kansas is experiencing many of the changes and challenges faced in rural school districts acr...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Farm Safety and Health Week begins Sept. 21; farming is the most dangerous profession

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National Farm Safety and Health Week, observed since 1944, runs from Sept. 21-27, and this year's theme is “Safety Counts—Protecting W...
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Friday, May 02, 2014

Rain forces Florida bus routes to be canceled, leaving rural students with no ride to school

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Rural students in one school district in the Florida Panhandle are having a hard time getting to school. Bay District Schools refuses to ...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Farm Safety and Health Week kicks off Monday; farming is the most dangerous profession

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It's time to celebrate safety. National Farm Safety and Health Week, observed since 1944, runs from Sept. 15-21, with the theme this ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012

California legislature restores school transportation budget, but just for this year

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Cuts to school bus transportation in California started Jan. 1, hitting rural schools especially hard. School officials, parents and stude...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Rural students in California are hit hardest by school transportation cuts

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Rural schools in California will be hit especially hard by school transportation funding cuts beginning Jan. 1 because for some students, b...
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