Editor’s note: This commentary from reimaginED executive editor Matt Ladner is the first in a series of posts that will examine how arcane rules and regulations are hindering forward progress for K-12 education – and what needs to be done to break through them. Recently, trucking executive Ryan Peterson had[Read More…]
Tag: school transportation barriers
Florida Transportation Scholarship program aims to remove barriers, aid education choice
Jenifer Hernandez is every bit the school choice mom, though her two daughters attend Jacksonville public schools. Her 7-year-old, Sienna Vira, goes to Seaside Charter Elementary, a school inspired by the Waldorf education tradition. Eleven-year-old Mariavictoria Vira attends LaVilla Middle School of the Arts, a Duval County Public Schools magnet,[Read More…]
Ohio man rolls out red carpet to get kids to school
In recent weeks, reimaginED has published several posts that address the growing concern nationwide about public school transportation – how a perfect storm of challenges is confounding families as well as school districts on how to get children to and from school. (See here, here and here.) As many pundits[Read More…]
Innovation, common sense needed to address school transportation challenges
Editor’s note: Emily Anne Gullickson, founder and CEO of A for Arizona, provided this commentary exclusively to reimaginED. You can hear reimaginED executive editor Matt Ladner conducting a podcast with Gullickson here. Across the country, there have been countless stories this school year about school bus driver shortages and the[Read More…]