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Gouwens, Judith A. – 2001
This book presents an overview of the education of migrant farmworkers and their children in the United States. Chapter 1 describes characteristics of migrant workers and explains how conditions of migrant labor put migrant children, youth, and families at risk of educational failure. Chapters 2-3 present a chronology and a history of migrant…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Information Sources
Taylor, J. Edward; Martin, Philip L.; Fix, Michael – 1997
This book synthesizes the views of California's preeminent rural development researchers on how immigration is transforming rural California communities. It draws on papers presented at two conferences held in Asilomar and Riverside (California) in 1995 and 1996. Conference participants were asked to consider whether rural poverty is being…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Change, Federal Programs, Immigrants
Martin, Philip L.; Martin, David A. – 1994
Twelve federal migrant programs currently provide over $600 million annually to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families. Four programs (the Migrant Education Program, Migrant Head Start, Migrant Health, and job training and ancillary services under the Job Training Partnership Act) account for 90 percent of federal migrant…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Data Collection, Databases
Flores, Judith LeBlanc, Ed. – 1996
This book includes 20 chapters that provide background on the historical and current context of U.S.-Mexico relations and education in Mexico, examine existing binational educational and health programs, and describe effective practices for teaching Mexican migrant and immigrant students and working with families from Mexico. Following a foreword…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs