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Download full textTan, Guangyu – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2010
It is estimated that more than 10% of China's population has left their villages and hometowns as millions of farmers have descended upon cities and urban centers in response to a huge demand for labor since the economic reform launched in the late 1970s (Li, 2006). Approximately 19.8 million children are believed to have accompanied their parents…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Migrant Education, Poverty, Access to Health Care
Peer reviewedLopez, Felipe H.; Munro, Pamela – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 1999
Interviews with 20 Zapotec immigrants from Oaxaca (Mexico) to Los Angeles examined their immigration experiences and adjustment to life in the United States. Discussion covers immigration from Oaxaca; living conditions, illiteracy, education, and language usage in the village of San Lucas Quiavini; immigration patterns; ethnicity and Oaxacan…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Educational Needs, Ethnicity
Peer reviewedPersidsky, Igor V.; Kelly, James J. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Reviews patterns of migration among the elderly worldwide, highlighting the immigration of elderly people from the Soviet Union to the United States. Describes their social and economic status in the Soviet Union, and their particular problems among Soviet immigrants. Considers ways in which appropriate education can resolve some problems. (DMM)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Peer reviewedThomas, Billie – Rural Educator, 1984
Describes rural population trends since 1960 and raises several issues pertinent to early childhood education in rural areas: population growth, declining numbers of children, social changes, and the relationship of child and family. Notes the financial, educational, and support service benefits of early childhood education for rural areas. (SB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs, Family Relationship, Migration Patterns
Peer reviewedAllensworth, Elaine M.; Rochin, Refugio I. – Rural Sociology, 1998
Census data were used to test various hypotheses about growing Latino concentration and economic deterioration in rural California communities and found factors related to both Latino inmigration and White outmigration. Public policy implications are discussed relative to improving ethnic relations and building human capital to support economic…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Community Change, Community Relations, Disadvantaged
Direct linkGewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2005
As schools scrambled to absorb hundreds of thousands of students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, experts urged administrators to consider and plan for a host of academic and emotional issues that could come along with them. Education researchers and experts in psychology recognize that school leaders may feel overwhelmed by the demands of…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Community Needs, Educational Needs, Psychological Needs
