Schools
America Builds Too Many Schools By Highways
One in 11 U.S. public schools are within 500 feet of a highway, exposing 4.4 million children to elevated levels of pollution, putting kids at elevated risk of developing asthma. But cheap land remains alluring to school districts, and America's system of school siting is not getting better.
February 21, 2017
Watch the Insanity of American School Drop-Off
When every student has a parental chauffeur, this is what you get.
December 16, 2016
4 Things Schools Can Do to Reduce the Asthma Threat From Idling Cars
Lately, American schools have been pretty responsive to public health and safety threats facing children. Witness the rise of peanut butter bans or the dwindling number of vending machines in schools.
February 17, 2016
One Dad’s Twitter Photo Essay on His Daughter’s Perilous Walk to School
"So who's up for a long rant/photo-essay about kids walking to school and urban design on this fine back-to-school Thursday morning?" asked Canadian author and journalist Chris Turner on Twitter this morning. And so began a numbered tour of the hazards encountered on his 9-year-old daughter's walk to school.
September 4, 2014
Getting Rural Kids Walking and Biking: A Case Study From Northeast Iowa
This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike/Pro-Place conference September 8-11 in Pittsburgh.
July 22, 2014
Lakewood, Ohio: The Suburb Where Everyone Can Walk to School
The inner Cleveland suburb of Lakewood (population 51,000) calls itself a "walking school district." Lakewood has never had school buses in its history, and kids grow up walking and biking to school.
April 29, 2014
Dateline Nashville: Students Spotted Walking to School — Outside!
Today in what's wrong with everything: The Nashville news media is apparently aghast that students at a local high school had to take a walk.
March 17, 2014
The Suburb Where Everybody Can Walk to School
Lakewood, Ohio, population 51,000, doesn't have any school buses. It never has.
January 17, 2014
September Brings ‘Back to School’ Jump in Traffic Congestion
Why do traffic delays jump in September? Obviously, fewer people are on vacation. But it's not just commuters back to the grind getting to and from work. It's parents dropping their kids off at school, often with even less forgiving start times than an adult workday.
September 5, 2012
The Unintended Consequences of Michigan Students’ Bike-to-School “Prank”
Tuesday morning, a group of intrepid high schoolers in the western Michigan city of Walker got onto their bikes and into a heap of trouble.
May 24, 2012