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The School Car Pickup Line Is a National Embarrassment

Your grandpa probably really did walk 5 miles to school in a foot of snow. A look at the changing numbers for how American students get to school.

While I hesitate to rely on other countries as models for the US ( I prefer looking at or past for inspiration), these kinds of examples can at least show us things aren’t impossible. Mommy blogs and social media feeds are filled with tales of potential abductions, with warnings for parents to not let little Jane or Johnny out of sight or face kidnapping. In fact, the number of youth fatalities due to cars has dropped precipitously over the last few reasons precisely because we no longer allow kids to walk, bike, or simply roam like they used to.

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