Even smaller Western countries receive immigrants from remote areas with poorer living conditions. As stated in the U.N. Child Convention, immigrant children should be given equal opportunities in education. Parents are always interested in their children's future, and education may gain from stronger cooperation between school and parents. Some…

At a cost of $3,035,141.00, Idaho's fiscal year 1983 migrant education programs served 7,441 students during the regular school year (33 programs) and 2,853 students during the summer session (23 programs). Twenty-five projects employed resource teachers at the preschool and/or elementary level during the regular year. Instruction was provided in…

This report details specific 1989 activities of the Migrant Education Health Program in Colorado. The state health department wrote the report to demonstrate that the health services it provided to migrants that year were within the scope of a contractual agreement with the Colorado Department of Education. The report was also designed to share…

During 1982 the Colorado Migrant Health Program, together with the Colorado Migrant Education Program, provided students enrolled in migrant summer schools with a continuum of care which included screening and physical assessment for detection of existing and potential health problems, referral for diagnosis and treatment of identified…

Utah's migrant education program provided educational services to 1,027 K-12 students in programs at 10 sites during the summer of 1988. Nine of the programs were conducted in the summer only and one was conducted year round. Programs ranged in duration from 28 to 50 days. Students were provided with academic basics as well as cultural,…

The report provides Indian and Migrant Program Division managers and specialists in each of the 5 Head Start component areas with a comprehensive picture of the 43 home base learning centers operating between October 1978 and May 1979, with a total enrollment of 3,108 migrant children. Using data collected from the Head Start and center directors,…

The California Human Development Corporation's Rural Workplace Literacy Project (RWLP) provided migrant and seasonal farmworkers with on-site workplace literacy training designed to enhance their ability to develop job skills. During 1990-91, it provided literacy classes at 15 agricultural worksites and enrolled 282 farmworkers. Of students…

Migrant children who move constantly have trouble establishing a firm academic foundation. Poor readers experience problems in other learning situations, which in turn, have a marked impact on their self-esteem. The Early Reading Intervention program, a pilot project at San Joaquin Elementary School in Fresno County, California, targeted…

Based on data derived from Title I grant applications, end-of-project evaluation reports, as well as information from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, this report is an evaluation of Wisconsin's migrant education programs which served nearly 2,700 students in fiscal year 1978 with an allocation of $821,465 for 20 school year and 15…

American migrant and seasonal agricultural workers are a population needing categorical assistance due to low income, difficult working and living conditions, and a mobile lifestyle. The purpose of this study was to identify, describe, and analyze federally funded migrant services. This study, based on interviews with program officials and…

Based on data derived from Title I grant applications, end-of-project evaluation reports, as well as information from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, this report is an evaluation of Wisconsin's migrant education programs (18 school year and 18 summer projects) which served 2,641 students in fiscal year 1979 with an allocation of…

The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I Wisconsin Migrant Education Conference was held on August 6, 1979 to evaluate programs and to gather program planning data. Data for this evaluation were collected by means of both structured interaction of the 53 conference participants and questionnaires completed by participants. The teachers felt…

To fulfill Wisconsin's responsibilities for reporting to the federal government and to share information on Wisconsin's Title I Migrant education projects, end-of-project evaluation reports were submitted for each project and were based on data in Title I grant applications and Migrant Student Record Transfer System data. Wisconsin operated 20…

The most obvious and difficult problem facing educators of migrant children is that of frequent interruptions in the child's education caused by his migration. Various solutions have been put forth over the past three decades; these have included providing mobile schools and staff, residential schools, uniform record transfers, interstate credit…

From April 1990 through September 1991, the Rural Workplace Literacy Project (RWLP) provided migrant and seasonal farm workers from 15 agricultural worksites in California with literacy training. The training, designed to develop reading and job skills, involved 282 enrolled farm workers and 109 nonenrolled class attendants. Of the 13 classes…