This study examines parents’ demand for sending their children to a public school located outside their residential school district. Using a unique data set that contains information concerning both inter-district transfers and rejections of transfer applications, I am able to identify which school district characteristics attract the greatest demand for incoming transfers. The analyses reveal ...

It is much safer and more fuel-efficient to transport children to school in buses than in private vehicles. However, school buses still consume 8.2 million gallons of diesel fuel annually, and transportation costs can be a significant portion of school districts’ budgets. Children in dieselpowered school buses may also be exposed to higher levels of particulates and other pollutants than childr...

Locally elected school boards have the authority and responsibility to decide how school budgets will be spent. In doing so, however, they must balance multiple funding restrictions and competing priorities. Despite great variance in local circumstances, most school districts have remarkably similar spending patterns, generally allocating from 60% to 63% of their budget to instruction and divid...

BACKGROUND Comprehensive school-based physical activity programs consist of physical education and other physical activity opportunities including recess and other physical activity breaks, intramurals, interscholastic sports, and walk and bike to school initiatives. This article describes the characteristics of school physical education and physical activity policies and programs in the United...

Education is pivotal for the existence of humans. Education is used to develop minds in a myriad of ways for an individual to excel in critical thinking and fundamental learning. In America, education is a valuable resource for one’s social, economic and mental standing in society. About 86% of Americans now receive college degrees, compared to the 25% in 1927 (Pew Research Center, 2011). But e...

Hybrid-electric school buses became available in the US through a national consortium designed to bring hybrid-electric school buses to market by creating enough demand among school districts to encourage manufacturers to invest in development of the technology. A number of school districts in the US joined the HESB project to purchase plug-in hybrid-electric school buses. Sixteen hybrid-electr...

A comprehensive regression and correlation analysis was performed using two samples of Ohio school districts. The purpose was to describe measurable socio/economic factors associated with varying levels of educational effort and to pinpoint policy implications for state or local decision makers. Evidence exists that larger districts are associated with lower cost per pupil and that wealth, meas...