Equitable Access to Education: Transportation and Logistics Problems in Public Schools

Explore a 45-minute lecture on equitable access to education through the lens of transportation and logistics problems in public schools. Delve into the rich history of operations research in supporting decision-making for school systems, focusing on efficiency and equity. Examine the challenges of working with protected student data and learn about an innovative approach to create realistic simulated school district datasets using publicly available information. Gain insights into the complexities of school district design, student transportation, and the impact of historical systemic discrimination on the distribution of students and schools within communities. Discover how this research contributes to developing and evaluating operations research methods for improving school operations across diverse public school districts in the United States.

Karen Smilowitz - Equitable access to education: transportation & logistics problems & public school