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National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children, Washington, DC. – 1968
In 1963, the National Child Labor Committee established the National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children (NCEMC) to give new impetus to its work with these children. The over 300,000 migrant children suffered from educational deprivation in the home, inadequate health care, poor housing, and a lack of desirable learning situations.…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Programs, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1988
The 1987-88 school year was the ninth year that students in the State Bilingual and Migrant programs were assessed in reading and mathematics using a norm referenced test. This is the second year that the new California Achievement Test (CAT) Form E, normed in the Spring of 1985, has been used for program evaluation purposes. The locally adopted…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
Projects funded in 1993 as part of the Field-Initiated Studies program of the U.S. Department of Education are described, including information on research objective, project design, principal investigators, amount of award, and report availability. Program titles and locations of principal investigator are: "Promoting Equity in Teacher Education…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
OSERS New in Print, 1991
This U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) quarterly issue contains six papers describing development of services for minority individuals with disabilities. "Goals for Improving Services to Minority Individuals with Disabilities" (Robert R. Davila) discusses the need to increase high-school graduation…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cues, Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
It is the purpose of this Act to provide job training and employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons, and to assure that training and other services lead to maximum employment opportunities and enhance self-sufficiency by establishing a flexible and decentralized system of Federal, State, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Weseman, Marcus – 1980
The United States Departments of Energy (DOE) and Labor (DOL) have cosponsored a number of demonstration programs to train economically disadvantaged migrant and seasonal farmworkers for energy-related technical and skilled occupations. A descriptive study of the first DOE/DOL demonstration was made to determine the impact of training on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs