Rural Education: Optimal School Size and Rural Busing

Title

Rural Education: Optimal School Size and Rural Busing

Author

Bradshaw, Ben and Andrea Hodgins

Supervising Faculty

Wadland, John; Whillans, Tom
Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies

Reference Number

TPB-512

Date

1992

Location of Document

U-Links Office and Online

Area

Haliburton County

Subject

Optimal school size and rural busing

Description

In the first part of this paper, the authors look at the closing of rural one and two room schools within rural communities in the 1960s and the consolidation of schools and school boards. The issues surrounding optimal school size are analyzed. The second section of the paper deals with the issue of school busing.

Publisher

Trent University

Files

Reference

Bradshaw, Ben and Andrea Hodgins, Rural Education: Optimal School Size and Rural Busing, Trent University, 1992