A collaboration between youth in a refugee camp in Malawi, U.S. college students, and a professor of folklore has produced a website and forthcoming book manuscript. The project augments opportunities for the artists, all of whom are refugees or asylum seekers, to share their work, bring visibility to the talent in the camp, raise awareness about…

The study and evaluation of migrant education in Texas is the beginning of a program to provide relevant information for critical decisions concerning priorities, program planning, and program management. Of the 90 Texas schools studied, 45 had specially-funded programs for migrant children. Historical and background information for migrants in…

State and national consultants for the migrant education programs under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, are available as resource personnel to assist State or local agencies in the development of educational plans and programs, both short and long range, for children of migratory agricultural workers. Information is given on how…

Prepared at the direction of the State Board of Education with the guidance of the Advisory Compensatory Education Commission, these guidelines are intended to assist school districts in California in developing programs under the Migrant Amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to meet the special educational needs of children of…

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…

This article focuses on issues affecting the development of bilingual/bicultural health education programs for children of migrant farmworkers faced by the Colorado Migrant and Rural Coalition, including program issues and development, educational strategies and program evaluation techniques. (MB)

The lack of educational opportunities keeps the migrants poor. They need the education and skills to perform better paying agricultural work, or else settle somewhere and do other types of skilled work. (Author/NQ)

In 10 brief chapters, this document outlines the following topics: (1) the background of the Council of Europe's (COE) project on preschool education; (2) the case for preschool education; (3) aims, methods, and problems of preschool education; (4) planning the COE's project for 1974 to 1977; (5) preschool education for socially disadvantaged and…

The purpose of this study was to determine to what degree public school districts with heavy migrant populations utilize the services of the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), and to identify and describe some factors which may influence future use of the MSRTS in 5 states. An original questionnaire was developed and administered by…

Even Start was created by federal legislation to address poverty and illiteracy among low-income families by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program. Migrant Education Even Start (MEES) projects resemble other Even Start projects but are affected…

One of four products of the 1984-85 National Evaluation Project to compile baseline data on characteristics and impacts of High School Equivalency Programs (HEP) and College Assistance for Migrants Programs (CAMP), this report presents a brief overview of the goals, basic research design, and summary of the evaluation project products and a…

Reviews recent projects on the education of immigrants within the framework of the six suggestions for research made by the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigrations; e.g. the effects on children of various educational arrangements for immigrants; methods of teaching race relations in schools; and others. (Author/JM)

Children of migrant farm working families often live and learn in conditions that conspire against both health and education. At the same time, these children are as capable as any in our nation. Education and health care professionals are frequently in positions to support these capabilities and migrant families can be significant contributors to…

The rationale for establishing a migrant student program and a description of innovative programs are contained in this report of the statewide migrant project in New Mexico for fiscal year 1968. The program, representing the first major attempt at providing compensatory education services for New Mexico's migrant students, was initiated in the…

Providing an overview of the Outdoor Education Workshop provided by the Georgia Migrant Education Program to give migrant students and staff an opportunity to learn new skills which they can then share with other migrant children upon their return to the regular school setting, the paper briefly discusses the administrative steps necessary when…