School Transportation Nation

For nearly 30 years, you've known School Transportation News magazine and STNonline.com as the premier sources of pupil transportation news and analysis. Now, join the School Transportation Nation podcast, as STN Publisher Tony Corpin and Editor-in-Chief Ryan Gray discuss the day's pertinent issues and talk with guests about the business of getting children safely to and from school and related activities throughout the U.S. and Canada.

School Transportation Nation is a news podcast hosted by School Transportation News, with 324 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

School Transportation News hosts School Transportation Nation, a news show with 324 episodes published.

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  Episode #310

  Calvin & Christina: Safety-Conscious Student Transportation

  Sep 29, 202647 minS1

  The student transportation industry faces questions after a 7-year-old student rider in a wheelchair died on her bus. Additionally, rising fuel costs alongside declining enrollment complicate matters. Gabrielle Marie Kelley aka "Gabie the Author," former school bus dispatcher and current office manager for Irving Independent School District in Texas, takes us behind the scenes of the web series she has been sharing with STN readers titled "Calvin & Christina" following the adventures of Calvin, an anxious but dutiful bus driver, and his sentient and safety-conscious school bus named Christina. Read more about safety. Episode sponsor:Transfinder.

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  Episode #324

  Student Transporter Struggles: Tackling Staffing, Funding & Training

  Sep 22, 20261h 1mS1

  We discuss how non-domiciled CDL restrictions exacerbate the school bus driver shortage, new research on school zone and bus stop safety, reframing the student transportation conversation, and conference updates. Consultant Launi Harden, who served as the former transportation director at Washington County School District in Utah and is the new executive director of the Florida Association of Pupil Transportation, analyzes transportation challenges driven by declining enrollment, funding and staff, the importance of bus attendants and alternative transportation, and essential hands-on emergency training she will help lead at the TSD Conference in November. Read more about special needs. Episode sponsor: Transfinder.

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  Episode #323

  Better Outcomes: Expert's Insider Advice on Transporting Students with Disabilities

  Sep 15, 20261h 15mS1

  School startup across the U.S. comes with noteworthy snafus at Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland, tragic student fatalities, and speculation on electric bus mandates and funding. Glenna Wright-Gallo, vice president of policy for software provider Everway, leverages her personal experience having a disability and her experience as the former assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services to speak on student behavior, absenteeism, IEPs, assistive technology, travel training, funding, U.S. Department of Education upheavals and more. She will present a keynote at November's TSD Conference in Dallas-Frisco, Texas. Read more about special needs. Episode sponsor: Transfinder.

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  Episode #322

  Building Trust: Alternative Transportation Supports Consistent Education Access

  Sep 1, 202650 minS1

  We examine the potential fallout from proposed changes to the Head Start program, increased danger as students return to school, a tornado that devastated a Wisconsin bus contractor, and updates from NAPT and TSD Conference . Parker Muirbrook, strategic sales director at EverDriven, discusses new research and real-world examples that show how alternative transportation assists both district financials and student needs by providing safe and consistent school transportation. Read more about special needs. Episode sponsors: Transfinder, EverDriven, School Radio.

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  Episode #321

  The Mission: Supporting Education & Independence for Students with Special Needs

  Aug 25, 202656 minS1

  School districts focus on service and safety amidst students returning to school nationwide and new research on cellphone distraction among motorists. Plus, the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services reiterated its support of lap/shoulder seatbelts on school buses. Board Certified Behavior Analyst Patrick Mulick, the director of student engagement at Auburn School District in Washington state, and an upcoming fan-favorite TSD Conference keynote speaker, brings a voice of clarity and care to safely and appropriately transporting students with special needs, as well as supporting their independence. Read more about special needs. Episode sponsors: Transfinder, EverDriven, School Radio.

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