This annotated bibliography on the education of secondary-school-aged migrant students or at-risk youth contains over 100 entries for books, journal articles, government reports, and audio-visual materials, organized alphabetically by personal authors' names and document titles in case of no personal author. The bibliography was compiled by a…

Migrant students on the secondary level comprise an ethnically diverse population with many educational needs. Migrant Education programs assist students in overcoming problems that result from language barriers, cultural differences, school interruptions, credit deficiencies, educational tracking, and grade retention in order to ensure high…

The present high school graduation rate for migrant students is approximately 50%, as compared to the 90% dropout rate of 20 years ago. Migrant Education's success has encouraged recent changes in funding to extend services to those youths between 17 and 21 who have not graduated. Attempts to draw dropout youths back to regular or alternative…

This report summarizes findings by the Parental Resources for Involvement in Migrant Education (PRIME) project on the current status of parent involvement in the Migrant Education Program. The literature consistently stresses the importance of parent and family influence on student achievement. Children from low income and minority families have…

This directory lists currently funded High School Equivalency Programs (HEPs) and College Assistance Migrant Programs (CAMPs) in the United States. The HEP allows migrant workers or their dependents to prepare for the General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma in a residential college setting or as commuters to class. Career…

This report contains profiles of 18 innovative and successful parent involvement programs for migrant families. The programs were selected based on recommendations from State Directors of Migrant Education and migrant educators and on a search of the ERIC database. Each profile includes sponsoring institution or agency, program format, program…

This paper describes 15 dropout retrieval programs that have components with potential for helping migrant dropout youth return to an educational program. Each profile contains information on eligibility, identification or recruitment method, funding, services, and contacts. In addition, each program is categorized as to type of sponsoring…

Migrant Education has historically served elementary students. In recent years a significant amount of effort and resources have gone into secondary education, but baseline data have not been available about this activity. This report examines current practices in all states, entered in alphabetical order but excluding Hawaii, which has no migrant…

This ERIC digest examines the extent of early school leaving among migrants, conditions that precede early school leaving, common features of programs that work to retrieve dropouts, and illustrative programs that exhibit these features. The Migrant Attrition Project estimates a 45% national dropout rate of migrant students. Conditions that lead…