The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I Wisconsin Migrant Education Conference was held on August 6, 1979 to evaluate programs and to gather program planning data. Data for this evaluation were collected by means of both structured interaction of the 53 conference participants and questionnaires completed by participants. The teachers felt…

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…

Based on data derived from Title I grant applications, end-of-project evaluation reports, as well as information from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, this report is an evaluation of Wisconsin's migrant education programs which served nearly 2,700 students in fiscal year 1978 with an allocation of $821,465 for 20 school year and 15…

Based on data derived from Title I grant applications, end-of-project evaluation reports, as well as information from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, this report is an evaluation of Wisconsin's migrant education programs (18 school year and 18 summer projects) which served 2,641 students in fiscal year 1979 with an allocation of…

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…

Providing continuity in education and the opportunity to study in an environment conducive to learning was the first priority of Utah's Migrant Education program during fiscal year 1981. Operating in 10 districts, 29 teachers and 27 aides (almost all bilingual) served 547 children, kindergarten through grade 12, with 86% being elementary students.…

In Fiscal Year 1983 Louisiana's allotment for the education of children of migratory workers ($6,111,277) was used to conduct 37 regular school term programs and 15 summer school programs. An estimated 13,800 migrant children were served during the 1982-83 school year. Of all migrant children enrolled in Louisiana schools, 52.6% received services…

The first part of a two-part manual, this guide emphasizes how migrant counselors administer their duties, procedures to follow and functional aids to employ in working with migrant secondary students. Divided into four sections, the guide is intended to help experienced and inexperienced counselors and to provide administrators and teachers with…

In Fiscal Year 1984 Louisiana's allotment for the education of children of migratory workers ($6,334,119) was used to conduct 39 regular school term programs and 14 summer school programs. An estimated 13,059 migrant children were served during the 1983-84 school year. Of all migrant children enrolled in Louisiana schools, 78.5% received services…

Because of the increased interest in and current publicity given to the problems of agricultural migrant workers and their families, there has been a growing concern in the Nation regarding the lack of educational opportunities offered to migrant children. Since the programs for the education of children of migrant workers vary from State to…