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Cybernetic Learning Systems, Holister, CA. – 1979
The variation in requirements for graduation found in California high schools is a serious problem for migrant students and greatly diminishes their chances for high school graduation. In order to present an analysis of this variation for use by all educators concerned with the problems of migrant education and to provide the Parlier High School…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Correspondence Study, Credits, Dropouts
Menendez-Pidal y Oliver, Juan A. – 1979
The Standing Conference of European Ministers of Education prompted this report by their need to know about the impact of 1975 and 1977 official actions on various aspects of migrant education in their member countries. Answers to questionnaires sent to member countries and organizations in May 1978 are synthesized according to: (1) use of Council…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Immigrants, International Programs
Download full textBureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1970
The booklet, a report on state programs for education of migrant children under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is divided into 7 chapters: "The Horror and the Hope,""Scenes Behind the Tarpaper,""Who They Are: The Parents,""Who They Are: The Children,""The Schools: The Challenge,""The Schools: Accepting the Challenge," and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Blacks, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Sutton, Susan Buck; Brunner, Tracy – Migration Today, 1983
Profiles the characteristics of the Indiana migrant farmwork population, discusses the environment in which farmworkers operate, and describes their adaptive responses to their circumstances. Suggests that contrary to common conceptions, Indiana farmworkers are able to deal capably with and adjust to the adverse conditions of their employment.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Helge, Doris – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1993
Overviews national data concerning the problems associated with the high dropout rate of migrant students. Stresses the importance of enhancing self-esteem of migrant children. Offers recommendations for national, state, and community action that emphasize empowering children and their families to break the cycles of poverty, abuse, and high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedBell, David; And Others – Rural Educator, 1994
Describes the migrant lifestyle and its effect on migrant children and their education. Addresses what preservice teachers should know about migrant families, including the availability of school funds for recruitment of migrant students, the resources of the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, and the importance of improving the educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Galarneau, Charlene A., Ed. – 1993
This document highlights farmworkers' testimonies concerning farmworker health taken during three hearings. Six consistent themes emerged from farmworker accounts: (1) health and health care; (2) work conditions; (3) pesticide exposure; (4) housing; (5) women; and (6) children and youth. Farmworkers frequently mentioned injuries, eye problems, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Environmental Influences, Farm Labor, Females
Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Richmond. – 1983
The living and working conditions of migrant farmworkers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia have been described as deplorable and possibly the worst in the nation. At the same time, growers in this region have complained of duplication, even triplication, of federal and state regulations designed to improve living and working conditions of these…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Federal Programs, Living Standards, Migrant Education
Delaware Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Dover. – 1984
The Delaware Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights examined housing, employment, and health among the state's more than 1,500 migrants. Committee findings indicated: (1) there is no accurate count of migrants in the state or migrants in need of housing on a seasonal basis; (2) Delaware has pursued an aggressive policy…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Federal Regulation, Health Needs, Housing Needs
Cohen-Emerique, Margalit – Occasional Papers in Intercultural Learning, 1988
Difficulties in language communication and in understanding cultural differences, values, and the structure of the family are a few of the topics included in this paper on counselor education. Teaching professional counselors about working with multicultural communities and the culture of newly immigrant communities allows them to function more…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Performance, Cultural Differences
Stepick, Alex – 1984
This report examines the situation of the Haitians in Miami who were formerly incarcerated at the Krome Detention Center or other Federal detention centers in the United States or Puerto Rico. The report is based upon a 1983 survey of 150 "Krome Haitians"; intensive anthropological fieldwork results are also included. The socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Economic Status, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Bagby, Susan Anne – 1981
The migrant lifestyle, in which a student moves to a new school nearly three times per year, destroys the continuity of educational programs and contributes to abnormally high dropout rates. Educational testing can help improve educational continuity for migrant students by yielding valuable information about their levels of skills mastery so they…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Research, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
WOOD, MRS. WILSON W. – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT, WRITTEN IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH, CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE CONCERNING MIGRANT PROBLEMS. SPECIAL REPORTS ARE MADE ON THE HISTORY OF THE CONFERENCE, THE CURRENT SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE, AND THE PLIGHT OF THE CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LABORER. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED FROM VARIOUS WORKSHOP…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Committees
Segalman, Ralph – 1968
Migration patterns in Texas, Florida, California, the Southeastern States, and elsewhere are examined through official reports, statistical data, migrant statistics at rest camps, migrant children's registrations in New Mexico, conversations, and informal observations. It is concluded that the plight of the migrant worker will grow more dismal…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Mexican Americans, Migrant Children
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1968
Impact and effectiveness of the Texas Project for the Education of Migrant Children and other such programs are examined. Solutions to the educational problems which face the migrant student within the operational framework of an on-going school system are outlined. Two representative innovations in Texas, a nongraded system and bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Problems
