This handbook on migrant education is for educators in the state of Iowa who are currently responsible for the operation of migrant education programs, for those who anticipate such a role in the future, and for those who are generally interested in this topic. Chapter 1 deals with the emergence of migrant education in the state of Iowa. Discussed…

Discusses public school biculturalism and some of the successful efforts in the Southwest to improve the educational lot of Mexican-Americans there. (GB)

THIRTEEN BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1954 AND 1962 ARE LISTED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE EDUCATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN. A LIST OF 18 SELECTED PRIVATE, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH MIGRANT EDUCATION IS ALSO PROVIDED. INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON MIGRANT EDUCATION MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM THESE AGENCIES UPON REQUEST.…

This report gives a full description of the broadcasting and operation of WHRS-FM, a FM radio station established by federal grant to serve migrant workers and their children in Palm Beach County, Florida. The goal of the project was to evaluate FM radio as a solution to the serious economic and educational problem of communicating with the…

Services available to migrants in California are listed in this directory. Migrant programs which existed in the first part of 1973 are identified by county. Community Action Agencies and labor camps in the state (with the exception of those labor camps operated under the state Migrant Family Housing Centers program) are included. Information for…

A MIGRANT EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN TO MARSHAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES OF THE STATE TO PROVIDE MORE DAYS OF SCHOOLING IN NEW JERSEY FOR MIGRANTS. AIMS INCLUDED ESTABLISHING PUBLIC SUPPORT THROUGH STATE AND LOCAL CITIZENS' COMMITTEES, CONDUCTING SURVEYS TO CHECK POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL ENROLLMENT OF MIGRANT CHILDREN IN LOCAL…

As the last of 3 directories, this lists services available to migrants in Florida. Migrant programs, Community Action Agencies, and labor camps in the state are identified by county. Information for each county includes total population, estimated migrant population, migrant labor demand, estimated migrant wages, crops, work periods, migrant…

THE SELECTED PRESENTATIONS WERE--"THE CONTINUING INTEREST OF THE GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, IN THE FARM WORKER'S CHILDREN" BY HELEN MCGREGOR, "THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONFERENCE" BY MRS. HUBERT WYCKOFF, "TRENDS IN CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE, EFFECTS ON FARM WORKERS" BY DANIEL G. ALDRICH, JR.,…

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.…

The objective of this paper is to discuss the utilization of Stake's theory of responsive evaluation by a unit in state government charged with the evaluation of the Illinois Migrant Program. Through interviews with state and local Title I staff, we were able to discover program purposes and concerns and to later conceptualize these concerns into…

Prepared for school directors, social workers, counselors, recruiters, teachers, and migrant supporters, this booklet presents practical information that can be used to assist Louisiana's migrant children and their families in the areas of health, clothing, nutrition, education, and family services. Information given pertains to: the Community…

Findings and recommendations growing from a 1-year study of the status of education for the children of migratory farm workers are presented. The major focus of this Ford Foundation study is an evaluation of programs financed through special Federal migrant education funds authorized by Congress in a 1966 amendment to Title I of the Elementary and…

A survey was conducted in Illinois to determine services available for the health, education, day care, housing, and welfare of agricultural migrant families. Further purposes of the survey were to determine changes in migration patterns within the State, and to examine the effect of family services on the recruiting and holding of migrant…

This report describes in detail the planning and operation of an 8-week pilot day care program for migrant children in Hoopeston, Illinois. Planning began a year in advance and involved arrangements for funding, staff, and physical facilities, as well as the important human relations task of establishing honest communication between…

Sixteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-six migrant children participated in 1966-67 in Texas projects for migrant education. An overall evaluation of the 1966-67 Texas Project for the Education of Migrant Children is found in this report, along with evaluations of the summer 1967 Texas Migrant Interstate Cooperation Project, and the Migrant…