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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 16, 2025

Survey: Homeless Student Identification Rises for Third Consecutive Year

New data reveals frontline perspectives on supporting some of America’s most vulnerable students, detailing transportation challenges and possible solutions.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 18, 2025

EverDriven Expands Student Transportation Across Texas

From Dallas and Houston ISDs to rural schools, EverDriven helps districts provide reliable transportation for students with unique needs.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJanuary 21, 2025

Housing Instability Increases: Alternative Transporters Report McKinney-Vento Trends

With a 167.4% increase in McKinney-Vento students served since 2020 from one alternative student transportation provider and +4,859% from another, both EverDriven and HopSkipDrive speak out about how to support students in transition.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 20, 2024

First Student Wins Technology Award for Alternative Transportation Solution

First Student received the Technology Strategy Impact Award for North America by Forrester for the creation of its FirstAlt program.

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Articlesby Wes PlattJuly 4, 2023

School Bus Fleet's Top Feature Articles and News Stories of 2023 (So Far)

It may be hard to believe, but we’re already better than halfway through 2023. So let’s take stock of what news stories and feature articles have proven most engaging for School Bus Fleet’s readers during the first six months!

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Articlesby Christy GrimesFebruary 2, 2023

Driving the Displaced: Transporting America's Homeless Students

In a day and age where an education can prove transformative for youth in vulnerable environments, finding solutions to transport them is crucial.

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NewsApril 16, 2021

National Express, ALC Schools Partner to Expand Transportation for Underserved Students

Through the partnership, National Express will grow its current reach of more than 500 school districts in 34 states and three provinces.

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Possible Support for Pupil Transportation as Student Homelessness Grows

One-and-a-half million students reportedly experienced homelessness during the 2017-18 school year. This tragic situation impacts many pupil transporters.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 29, 2020

Alternative Pupil Transportation Provider Marks Milestones

ALC Schools completed more than 1.75 million student passenger trips in 2019 and is marking the one-year anniversary of its dispatch and operations center in Raleigh, N.C.

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Articlesby Sadiah Thompson January 29, 2020

School Bus Alternatives Meet a Range of Standards, Student Needs

Some pupil transporters increasingly look beyond the big yellow bus to transport students with special needs and those who are homeless or in foster care, choosing minivans, taxicabs, and other smaller-capacity vehicles.

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