The School Field Trip Is Quietly Disappearing
More than 90% of school transportation leaders reported bus shortages in 2024, and districts are cutting museum and cultural trips first.
- As of 2024, the country was short of school bus drivers by about 12% compared with 2019, according to the Economic Policy Institute, forcing districts to combine routes and cancel activities.
- Back in 2015, a survey by the School Superintendents Association found 10% of districts eliminated field trips, and budget shortages continue limiting student excursions today.
- Charter buses for a day-long class trip run between $1,300 and $2,200 per bus, while the median driver earns 43% less than the median weekly wage for all workers.
- Schools "are increasingly choosing to take students on trips to reward them," rather than to provide cultural enrichment, replacing museum visits with amusement parks and sporting events.
- Researchers led by Jay Greene found students who toured an Arkansas museum showed measurable gains in critical thinking and historical empathy, with effects largest for Rural children from high-poverty schools.
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