The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization with over 50 years' experience in the application of research on language and culture to educational and societal concerns. CAL carries out its mission to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture by engaging in a variety of projects in…

This brief report describes how to set up a Secondary Credit Exchange Program. The program allows migrant students following the crops (with their families) from Texas to Washington to keep up with their education by attending night classes. Various program aspects that are discussed in this document include: funding, curricula, materials,…

During the fiscal year 1970-71, Oregon's Migrant Education Program coordinated the planning and administration of several district migrant programs into area projects. Objectives for these projects are to provide: (1) diagnostic and prescriptive, each-one-teach-one or tutorial educational services for all migrant students without the background…

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…

As part of an annual program the Office of Migrant Child Education, Arizona State Department of Public Instruction, made arrangements to send teachers to the States of Colorado and Washington for a tour of their Migrant Child Education programs. The program objective was to provide an opportunity for State educational agencies to share training…

Evaluated are the various features of a project for the education of migrant children in a rural section of Florida. The objectives of the program were to ascertain the special educational needs of this population and to develop programs to meet their needs; to offer necessary supplemental and remedial activities and social and educational…

Presents an overview of British school policies for nonwhite (largely immigrant) children. Charts the development of busing for racial integration and discusses problems arising from the dispersal of nonwhites. Traces the termination of British school policy explicitly based on race. (RH)

This practicum was designed to provide expertise to five child development associates and ten teacher assistants working in two preschool programs for migrant children. Emphasis was on the enhancement of program-related planning, curriculum development, curriculum implementation, and reporting skills. Weekly inservice workshops were developed and…

Written in compliance with Federal requirements, this Idaho State Evaluation Report describes the progress of Idaho's migrant educational activities implemented under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended in 1966 under Public Law 89-750. The report is a summary of the 28 local district project evaluations. Enrollee…

This report describes a 3-year project (1987-1990) implemented to assist migrant families and their children in transition to public school kindergarten and developmental kindergarten classes. The project served 30 children and 24 families in Ft. Pierce, Florida, approximately 75 percent of whom were Hispanic and 25 percent were Haitian. Goals…

This report summarizes some of the activities of the staff of the Office of Compensatory Education from 1975 to 1976. The overall aim of these activities was to provide educational opportunities to disadvantaged children in California. Activities are described as they relate to 12 types of programs, namely: Compensatory Education Administration in…

Of the 31 migrant projects funded in fiscal year 1974 (FY 74), 27 (11 regular term and 16 summer term) were classroom programs. There were 365 children enrolled during the regular term and 1,601 during the summer. Children were recruited through: visits by school personnel to the migrant camps, information supplied by other project participants,…

During 1974-75, Oregon's migrant program emphasized the development of regular school year projects. Nine regular year projects provided diversified educational, health, nutritional, and social services to 3,693 students in kindergarten through high school. Seven summer projects, designed primarily for children ages 5-14, were directed toward…

The second annual report on the effectiveness of North Carolina's migrant education program summarizes information compiled in 22 individual project reports. The information is based on attendance reports, application/authorization forms, on-site visitation reports, and state department questionnaires. Objectives of the state's migrant education…

The fourteenth annual report on New York State's educational programs for children of migrant agricultural workers presents program descriptions and evaluations of specific program efforts designed to increase the educational opportunities for these children. Specific areas covered are year-round compensatory education programs for school age…