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Routes Around the World: Staying a Half Step Ahead on His Global School Bus Excursion

Editor's note: After a short hiatus, STN receives an update from our reporter abroad Anson Stewart, who is currently in Cape Town, South Africa. His school bus travels over the…

January 31, 2011
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NYAPT Receives $25,000 Donation, Conference Scholarships from New Mirror Company

Woodstock Safety Mirror Company donated $25,000 this month to the New York Association for Pupil Transportation's Cyr Foundation and funding for 25 scholarships to the association's 2011 conference later this…

January 27, 2011
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Utah School Shows How Biking and Walking to School Can Help Others a World Away

In October, Alpine Elementary School half-way between Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, received the 2010 James L. Oberstar Safe Routes to School Award for outstanding achievement among more than…

January 26, 2011
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TV Personality Jamie Oliver Uses School Bus to Demonstrate Student Sugar Intake

Jamie Oliver has rustled plenty of feathers during his stint as host of ABC's "Food Revolution" television show that focuses on obesity rates tied to unhealthy diets nationwide. The chef,…

January 25, 2011
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Feds, California Working Together on Next Generation of Fuel Standards, Emissions Reductions

The U.S. Department of Transportation, the EPA and the California Air Resources Board announced a single time frame for proposing fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-2025…

January 24, 2011
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Another Example of the Need for Schools to Remain Security-Conscious

Just a six miles from the STN Media Group office, Gardena High School located south of Los Angeles learned first-hand today the vital importance of keeping campuses safe.

January 18, 2011
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Where Are Your Keys? Kansas Crash Demonstrates Importance of School Bus Security

For most school districts, school buses — and the keys to start them — are kept safe at a bus yard or other similar facility. But what happens when someone…

January 18, 2011
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Is Carrier Selling its School Bus Air Conditioning Business?

Conversations at the NSTA mid-winter meeting in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, included a rumored sale of Carrier Corporation's product line for school bus climate control, assertions the company publicly denies.

January 17, 2011
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Case Study: Florida District Removes Emotions from Boundary Redrawing Process

When a school district must set out to revise or create new school boundaries, the result can be a challenge to say the least when dealing with the community.

January 17, 2011
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Have Ideas on How to Stop Bullying? Tell the Feds

For children and youth to thrive in their schools and communities, they need to feel safe and be safe — socially, emotionally, and physically.

January 11, 2011
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ROUSHCleanTech Liquid Propane Ford E-350 On Display at International Builders Show

Though a bit different than the Micro Bird propane Type A coming to market, attendees at the NAHB International Builders Show this week will witness a close cousin in ROUSHCleanTech's…

January 11, 2011
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What Can Pupil Transporters Learn from the Case of Jared Lee Loughner?

While politicians, the media and the general public struggled to make sense (if that's even possible) of the weekend shooting that critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killed six and wounded…

January 10, 2011
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'Top 10' Ways to Cut Down on Cold Weather Fuel Costs

These last few weeks, Jack Frost has taken a bite out of some of us while Mother Nature has shined warmly on others. It’s that time of the year again…

January 5, 2011
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Driver Looks to Employ Innovative Student Management Program on School Bus

In 32 years of driving, Charlie Warr has seen it all when it comes to students misbehaving on the school bus. So she's trying to do something about it.