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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.
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Female Initiative: Emphasizing Driver Training & Electric School Bus Use

Jul 27, 2021

School bus driver trainer Donna Lopez muses on lessons learned from 30+ years of driving buses and shares her unique solution to the driver shortage – a training facility she opened in California. Read more at stnonline.com/tag/bus-driver-shortage.

Ritu Narayan, founder & CEO of Zum, shares the...

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Shiny New Tech: Using Federal Funding to Support School Bus Ops and Student Success

Jul 21, 2021

Lea Bogle, president and CEO of technology provider Premier Wireless, discusses the need for school bus Wi-Fi and how the Emergency Connectivity Fund helps districts support students in this way.

Director of Transportation Manuel Campos Jr. shares how Somerset ISD near San Antonio is using federal COVID-19 funding to...

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One Super Story: Transformational Transportation Leadership From Indiana to Vermont

Jul 13, 2021

Tony and Ryan review the industry impacts of federal legislation currently being developed, as well as recent leadership changes at school bus manufacturers Thomas Built Bus and Blue Bird.

Rene Sanchez oversaw adding Wi-Fi on buses at Indiana’s South Bend Community Schools Corporation and is now bringing...

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Coming in Hot: Serving Students With Onboard Wi-Fi and Clean Fuel School Buses

Jul 7, 2021

Coming off the Independence Day weekend and a heat wave affecting parts of the U.S., get details on the Emergency Connectivity Fund deadline for school bus Wi-Fi and $15 billion in federal funding for electric buses & infrastructure. Gregory Dutton, director of transportation for Renton School District #403 in...

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