The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting Migrant Head Start (MHS) children's dental health. Enrollment duration (number of years and weeks enrolled) and individual and family factors were considered. Children (N = 931) who enrolled in Michigan Migrant Head Start during 2012-2013 were selected for the study sample and classified…

This survey and interview-based study examined the perspectives of 30 of the 38 migrant directors in Michigan, covering 26 summer migrant programs. Among the findings of this study were an unexpected inverse relationship between the size of programs and the frequency and number of external services and referrals they are able to provide for…

A brief sketch, as provided by the 2010 Michigan Migrant Head Start Community Assessment, describes Michigan migrant students in the following terms: (1) approximately 17.5% are high school graduates; (2) 92.46% live in homes where Spanish is the preferred language; and (3) 93.3% live below the poverty line. These circumstances create a…

This pilot study examined the feasibility of a home-school partnership for improving emergent literacy skills in Spanish-speaking pre-school children of migrant farmworkers. Parents were requested to send labeled drawings of family activities to their children's classroom for supplementing bilingual language and literacy instruction. Participants…

In this article, Laura Roy and Kevin Roxas draw from two studies with Somali Bantu refugee families in South Texas and Michigan. Findings from both study sites revealed a disconnect between how educators perceived the Somali Bantu families' educational goals and Somali Bantu families' actual views of education. In contrast to educators'…

An in-depth evaluation of standard English instruction in fourteen primary grade classrooms in the Michigan migrant education summer program was undertaken in 1971 in an effort to describe the actual normal teaching patterns existing in the classrooms. The children in those classrooms averaged 8 years of age, and 90% of all pupils had Spanish…

An introduction to the evaluation of the effects of Michigan migrant education projects on migrant children enrolled in its schools during the summer or 1971 is presented in this document. Background information concerning the general migrant phenomenon, the agencies and institutions responsible for providing migrant children with educational…

Each year, Arizona's Office of Migrant Child Education participates in a Teacher Exchange Program with other states. The Teacher Exchange Program's objectives are (1) to provide an opportunity for state educational agencies to share training techniques, materials, and procedures through practical application and on-site observation and (2) to…

A 1983 directory of secondary summer migrant programs, intended for homebase local information agencies, contains information on programs in 15 states. Listings by states give the name, address, and telephone number of the person in charge of the state's migrant education programs, then provide information on individual programs, including…

This report evaluates the bilingual and Chapter 1 migrant education programs in Saginaw (Michigan) for the 1992-1993 school year. The programs provided supplementary education and support services at 24 elementary schools, 4 junior high schools, and 2 high schools. With some student overlap, the bilingual program served 585 students and the…

La Raza Advisory Committee, created in September 1971, was to recommend to the State Board of Education the means by which the quality of educational services to Michigan's Spanish speaking community could be improved. A problem was encountered in obtaining the necessary data to evaluate the current services offered the Spanish speaking community.…

The extent to which the effectiveness of migrant education summer school programs is reflected in changes in the measurable behavior and characteristics of pupils enrolled in those programs was investigated at a statewide level. A sample of 773 6- to 9-year old children was used. Three dependent variables were studied: (1) performance on measures…

The report summarizes data on the usage of Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) courses throughout the United States during the 1985-86 school year. Overall usage data on number of students, courses enrolled, units completed, number of graduates assisted, and semester units granted are reported by status--interstate, intrastate, and…

Employment of seasonal labor in Michigan during 1969 reached a peak in July, with an estimated 60,400 seasonal workers employed. Approximately 113,500 workers were employed at some time in cultivation and harvest of Michigan's crops during the 1969 season. Many workers were employed in only 1 activity or quit before its completion, but most…

Student school enrollment patterns within six school districts in Texas, California, and Florida were reviewed to determine whether students classified as children of migratory agricultural workers were missing school and having their education disrupted because of their lifestyle. Using the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) forms,…