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Download full textSerrano, Vicente Z. – 1983
The paper explores problems that frequently cause migrant students to become high school dropouts and outlines possible solutions; it chronologically reviews developments to provide continuity in migrant students' secondary education programs; and outlines further needed action. Identified as barriers to completion of high school are the economic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Dropout Characteristics, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements
Direct linkPlocharczyk, Leah – Journal of Access Services, 2005
The children of Mexican migrants face a number of hardships and difficulties that greatly hamper their ability to succeed in American schools. This paper examines some of the major difficulties and suggests multicultural programs that school librarians can implement in order to help migrant children achieve academic success.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Academic Achievement, Migrant Children, Migrants
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1987
This annual report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Interstate Migrant Education Council (IMEC) during its 1986-87 project year. Extensive work on reauthorization legislation, planning for a national forum on youth-at-risk issues, and preparation of migrant education research were IMEC's major achievements during the period.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Conferences, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Palmer, Barbara C., Comp. – 1982
Materials selected for inclusion in the annotated bibliography of 139 publications from 1970 to 1980 give a general understanding of the lives of migrant children, their educational needs and problems, and various attempts made to meet those needs. The bibliography, a valuable tool for researchers and teachers in migrant education, includes books,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
Morse, Susan C., Ed. – 1987
This summary of a forum for migrant educators defines dropout issues, explores solutions and models of service, and offers recommendations to address the needs of out-of-school migrant youth. Notes from forum workshops and summary task force reports deal with dropout identification/needs assessment, dropout/enrollment/graduation data, interagency…
Descriptors: Coordination, Data Collection, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1987
The condition of migrant students is detailed in this report, which points out that the problems facing migrant students are shared by many at-risk students and the recommendations for migrant students apply to many segments of the at-risk population. Chapter 1 outlines migrant student demographics noting racial and ethnic minority status, limited…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Change
Peer reviewedDuarte, Georgianna; Rafanello, Donna – Young Children, 2001
Describes hardships of Hispanic migrant workers and their families living and working in the United States, and how these conditions effect young children. Focuses particularly on Migrant Head Start and discusses components of programs and services offered; special challenges of migrant education; how teachers respond to migrant children's special…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education
Rasmussen, Linda – 1988
Children of migrant farmworkers are among the segments of the population most difficult to educate. Data from 1974 indicates the average migrant student had a 40% chance of reaching ninth grade, an 11% chance of reaching 12th grade, and a less than 10% chance of graduating from high school. Factors correlated with students quitting school are…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Change Strategies, Dropout Prevention
