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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
Romanowski, Michael H. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2003
The migrant population is the most undereducated major subgroup in the United States. The high school dropout rate of the children of migrant farm workers is 43 percent, higher than any other group in the United States. It is estimated that over 70 percent of migrants have not completed high school, and 75 percent are functionally illiterate.…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Limited English Speaking, Language Skills, Dropouts
Arredondo, C.; And Others – 1982
A bilingual handbook for Title I migrant Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) was designed to be used by administrators, teachers, consultants and parents in organizing and training PACs at local, district, and state levels. All information is duplicated in separate English and Spanish sections. The first part discusses the Texas migrant program,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Interagency Low Income Opportunity Advisory Board, Washington, DC. – 1987
This volume contains the second half of part 1 of a 4-part compendium of information about low income assistance programs plus the remaining 3 parts of the compendium. Part 1 contains detailed information about 59 major federally supported public assistance programs, each of which annually spent over $20 million in fiscal year 1985, and applied a…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
State Univ. of New York, Oneonta. Coll. at Oneonta. – 1985
For the 1984-85 funding cycle the Interstate Migrant Secondary Services Program established and successfully met 10 objectives related to 3 major goals: (1) assist local and state education agencies (LEA's and SEA's) to improve migrant students' access to junior and senior high school services in the areas of instructional opportunities, credit…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention
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
Schmidt, Aurora Camacho de – 1994
Nearly 20 percent of all migrant farmworkers are adolescents, and as many as half of these may be unaccompanied by their families. These youth clearly have special health and educational needs that require commitment from social institutions and agencies. In June 1991, a conference held in Delray Beach, Florida by the National Coalition of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Educational Needs
Leon, Edgar – 1996
This paper overviews challenges and solutions for educating migrant students in Michigan. The majority of migrant workers in the United States are Hispanic men with families. Data indicate that only about a fifth of migrant children complete education beyond the sixth grade. Migrant students tend to fall behind in their education because they…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Discrimination, Educational Practices
Flores, Judith LeBlanc, Ed. – 1996
This book includes 20 chapters that provide background on the historical and current context of U.S.-Mexico relations and education in Mexico, examine existing binational educational and health programs, and describe effective practices for teaching Mexican migrant and immigrant students and working with families from Mexico. Following a foreword…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Condon, E. C., Comp. – 1982
A 1981-82 bibliography of available literature on migrants and migrant education, from the Rutgers Intercultural Relations and Ethnic Studies Institute, primarily lists publications which appeared between 1970 and 1980. The 379 entries are divided into 15 sections: bibliography (7); children (24); economics (7); education (100); family (9); health…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life
Vela, Jesus, Jr. – 1981
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…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role, Educational Opportunities
Silva, Santiago – 1983
During fiscal year 1983, the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at Pan American University (PAU) in Edinburg, Texas, which helps students from low-income migrant families attend college, served 174 freshmen selected from 200 applicants recruited from 25 high schools. CAMP provided each student with a $309 scholarship per semester, and staff…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Role, Counseling Services
McConnell, Beverly – 1983
The 1982-83 report on the Individualized Bilingual Instruction (IBI) Interstate Training Project evaluates Project activities in Washington and Texas, funded through Section 143 of the Migrant Education Interstate and Intrastate Coordination Program. The purpose of the Project is stated: to disseminate the Pasco (Washington) School District's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cooperative Programs
Johnson, Frederic C.; And Others – 1986
This report reviews needs of high school age migrant youth, provides an overview of existing programs/strategies that address these needs, and offers recommendations for improvement of secondary programs for migrants. The report discusses affective, cognitive, program, counseling, and community needs and illustrates needs of four hypothetical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Dropout Rate, Educational Change
Weseman, Marcus – 1980
The United States Departments of Energy (DOE) and Labor (DOL) have cosponsored a number of demonstration programs to train economically disadvantaged migrant and seasonal farmworkers for energy-related technical and skilled occupations. A descriptive study of the first DOE/DOL demonstration was made to determine the impact of training on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs