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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
Poverty amid Prosperity: Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural California.
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
Oversight on Migrant Education. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session (February 17, 1983).
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. – 1984
The text of the oversight hearing on migrant education (February 17, 1983) contains statements and testimony from three representatives of state and national migrant education organizations and from three migrant mothers. The statement and testimony of Frank L. Contreras, Director of the Texas Migrant Education Program and President of the…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Family Characteristics
OEO Programs for Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers.
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Educational Systems Corp., Washington, DC. – 1969
Programs sponsored by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity for unskilled, under-educated migrant and seasonal farm workers are summarized. It is emphasized that these programs have their major thrust in preparing breadwinners for upgraded jobs and in preparing entire farm worker families for adjustment to the way of life that new jobs will…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Compensatory Education, Day Care
Children of La Frontera: Binational Efforts To Serve Mexican Migrant and Immigrant Students.
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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
Bibliography on Migrants and Migrant Education, 1981-1982. Series A., Reference Materials.
Condon, E. C., Comp. – 1982
A 1981-82 bibliography of available literature on migrants and migrant education, from the Rutgers Intercultural Relations and Ethnic Studies Institute, primarily lists publications which appeared between 1970 and 1980. The 379 entries are divided into 15 sections: bibliography (7); children (24); economics (7); education (100); family (9); health…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life