According to data from the National Statistics Institute, 24 million school transport journeys take place in Spain every year. A team of professors from the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló has conducted a study (in Spanish) showing that the time students spend traveling to their schools, especially on long bus rides, can negatively affect their academic engagement. This lower engagement can also have emotional and social consequences.
Students’ time on school bus may affect their academic engagement with school, classmates and teachers
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