Maybe you think suburban is more rural than urban?
Also, cities are very very dense. I find it easier to imagine our cities are densely populated than rural America is just filled to the brim...even though it's all open, empty space lol.
Sent from my SM-G975U using TapatalkThe chart is just hyper misleading due to the way they define urban, and how they cluster what we would all consider suburban data into that as well.
The issue of bussing children is huge even in cities. For example I taught in Phoenix AZ. High density zone. And transportation was a major issue even here. Yeah, there’s tons of issues with public education but if you can’t rven get the kids to school on time reliably (or to school at all) then the rest of the issues are literally mute points.
We presented this to our district because they promised families that students would be on time every day with this new bussing arrangement they made in my final year but there were handfuls of students late by 15-30 mins every day.
Multiply being late 30 minutes a day by 200 calendar school days. Guess what you’re now missing more school hours than allowed by truancy police in a grade year.Idk about all that, but as far as my understanding goes, suburban is still counted as urban. Theres no subrural because that's just rural. Theres cities, the sprawl of single family homes around cities, and then large stretches of highways leading to rural areas far from the urban centers.
Sent from my SM-G975U using TapatalkI guess I should just edit my original statement because that’s where the point of contention lies I guess.
Busing is an issue for many locations (especially rural). And rural locations (which has a variety of definitions it appears) envelope a large amount of schools. Vastly more than we should be willing to regard as “low on the totem pole.”
And yes I read the article and understand. You know that more and more districts are moving in this “school choice” direction right? This is to combat the popularity of charter and private schooling.
It’s not unfair to me to ask if they’re in education because being aware of the situation above isn’t typical for people that aren’t in public ed.