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Bridges to Success in High School for Migrant Youth
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Gibson, Margaret A.; Hidalgo, Nicole – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Among the children of immigrants, one of the populations placed at greatest risk of not finishing high school are the children of migrant farmworkers. Although it is difficult to track graduation rates for migrant students because of their mobility, the U.S. Department of Education estimates that only half of all migrant…
Descriptors: Migrant Education, Role Models, Graduation Rate, Mexican Americans
California's Out-of-School Immigrant Youth: A Vulnerable Minority. Public Policy Institute of California Research Brief# 117
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Public Policy Institute of California, 2007
This research brief summarizes a report by Laura E. Hill and Joseph M. Hayes, "Out-of-School Immigrant Youth" (2007, 134 pp.) [ED496282]. In that report, the authors paint a detailed portrait of a little-noticed immigrant population group, mainly from Mexico and Central America, who are not receiving any kind of education or schooling.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Public Policy, Educational Attainment
Building Educational Foundations: A Survey of the Literacy Initiatives Undertaken by the Job Training Partnership Act, Title IV, Section 402 Grantees.
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Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, Washington, DC. – 1988
This report examines the literacy-related activities of organizations funded under Title IV, Section 402 of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Section 402 is a special program within JTPA that delivers training, employment, education, and support services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The survey: (1) documents the various literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Compliance (Legal)
Chapter 1 and Chapter 1 Migrant. Evaluation Findings, 1990-91. Executive Summary.
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Christner, Catherine; And Others – 1991
This report describes an evaluation of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's (AISD) Chapter 1 and Chapter 1 Migrant programs. Chapter 1 is a federally funded compensatory educational program that provided funding in 1990-91 to 25 AISD elementary schools with high concentrations of low-income students. Chapter 1 Migrant is also a…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Up from Dependency: A New National Public Assistance Strategy. Supplement 1: The National Public Assistance System. Volume 3: A Compendium of Public Assistance Programs; Major Federal Health, Service, Employment, and Education Programs, Other Federal and State Programs.
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Interagency Low Income Opportunity Advisory Board, Washington, DC. – 1987
This volume contains the second half of part 1 of a 4-part compendium of information about low income assistance programs plus the remaining 3 parts of the compendium. Part 1 contains detailed information about 59 major federally supported public assistance programs, each of which annually spent over $20 million in fiscal year 1985, and applied a…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Family, Work, and Infant Care in Limited Income Latino Migrant Farm-Working and Anglo Non-Migrant Families
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Meece, Darrell; Barratt, Marguerite; Kossek, Ellen – Online Submission, 2003
Changes in the policy context of limited income families' lives have created new stresses at the intersection of work and family. This research used detailed interviews with limited income working mothers of infants 4 to 18 months old to learn about their work experiences, individual well-being, and perceptions of their infants' experiences in…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Infant Care, Migrants