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Download full textCabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People, Washington, DC.
The Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People supports the belief that the coordination of migrant programs requires national responsibility. The problem of providing comprehensive services to migrant farmworkers transcends state and regional boundaries and goes beyond the limits of the separate legislative authority held by…
Descriptors: Centralization, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Education
Roth, Edith Brill – American Education, 1980
Describes various facets of MERTS (Migrant Education Record Transfer System), including the Skills Inventory System. The system tracks migrant children's learning progress through a nationwide computerized information bank. Examines advantages, teacher involvement, student transition, and the system's future. Examples of the system's use in…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Migrant Children, Migrant Programs
Hujanen, Taisto, Ed. – 1984
The speeches and papers presented in this conference report are concerned with the information needs of migrant workers and immigrants and the current provision of this information in the press, radio, television, and educational systems of host countries. National reports on the situation of migrant workers in 14 countries are presented,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Civil Rights, Communication Problems, Foreign Countries
Quezada-Aragon, Manuela L., Comp. – 1986
Organizations and programs related to migrant education are cited in this directory containing entries based on responses received through mail and telephone surveys. Entries are listed alphabetically by state within the following categories: national activities (7 entries), migrant education resource centers (8), Section 143 migrant education…
Descriptors: College Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Higher Education
National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children, New York, NY. – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Educational Quality, Employed Parents, Expenditures
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Migrant Education. – 1999
This directory provides information on federal and state programs and national organizations that serve migrant farmworkers and their families. Section 1 covers federal programs that provide services related to nutrition, housing, education, health and human services, immigration, agricultural employment, and environmental protection. Federal…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, Federal Government
Cheyney, Arnold B.; Wey, Herbert W. – 1968
Allocation of Federal funds has initiated many programs designed to study and solve migrant education problems. Evaluation of the effect of these programs has been after-the-fact, without adequate controls to evaluate an objective which has not been adequately defined. The objectives suggested as national goals in this paper are: (1) develop and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Data Collection, Educational Needs
Mattera, Gloria – 1987
Intended to encourage both migrant and non-migrant educators to explore the possibilities of adopting and/or adapting the cited programs or appropriate components into their own units, this volume updates the 1974 description of some of the many programs that have proven effective in serving migrant students. Chapter I summarizes seven programs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Correspondence Study, Demonstration Programs
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Migrant Education Programs. – 1997
This directory provides information on federal programs and national organizations that serve migrant farmworkers and their families. Specifically, the directory lists programs administered by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Justice, and Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The directory also…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
It is the purpose of this Act to provide job training and employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons, and to assure that training and other services lead to maximum employment opportunities and enhance self-sufficiency by establishing a flexible and decentralized system of Federal, State, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
