Describes the MENTE (Minorities Engaged in New Things in Education) program which builds migrant students' skills, confidence, and awareness of opportunities. Components include language arts, quantitative skills (science and mathematics), and personal development activities. Participants later entered college at a much higher rate than the…

Based primarily on interviews with American sponsors of Khmer refugees, describes a cluster resettlement project conducted in Amherst, South Hadley, Northampton, and Easthampton, Massachusetts. Discusses services provided to refugees and considers sponsor-refugee relations. (GC)

Migrant education still has not solved the challenge of families moving in and out of many school districts during a school year. Federal funding has lagged behind the number of children identified as eligible for migrant education programs. Describes a database for tracking the nation's migrant students and cites some effective state and local…

Describes the Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) program, a coordinated national effort to help migrant students complete their education. Provides information on the following: (1) when PASS can be taken; (2) how it operates; (3) what PASS courses are available; (4) what comprises a PASS packet; (5) how credits are awarded; and (6) program…

Many students of Mexican descent must learn how to be successful students. This study describes 5 students of Mexican descent from situationally marginalized lives who were a part of a support and retention scholarship program (College Assistance Migrant Program--CAMP). These case studies document how they perceived their learning and how they…

This report evaluates program activities of Chapter 1 and migrant education in North Carolina during 1989-90. Data used in compiling the migrant education report were obtained from local project directors, the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), the Annual Testing Program, LEA monitoring reports, and from instruments and forms devised…

The Texas/Montana Distance Learning Project was a summer (1992) pilot program administered by the Texas Education Agency in collaboration with the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Targeted participants were children of migratory workers who attended Texas schools, but were living temporarily in Montana during the early summer. The goals of…

This collection of 83 clip sheets, or classroom handouts, was created to help U.S. migrants learn more about health, careers, and general "opportunities" including education programs. They are written in both English and Spanish and are presented in an easily understandable format. Health clip-sheet topics include the following: Abuse; AIDS;…

This report contains profiles of 18 innovative and successful parent involvement programs for migrant families. The programs were selected based on recommendations from State Directors of Migrant Education and migrant educators and on a search of the ERIC database. Each profile includes sponsoring institution or agency, program format, program…

This document consists of all five issues of the first volume of a newsletter designed to provide information and resources to help preschool educators more effectively serve migrant children and their parents. The newsletter also provides migrant children and their parents with learning suggestions and activities. Each issue contains information…

This document presents product evaluations of the 1988-89 Saginaw (Michigan) State Bilingual Program and the Migrant Program, funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. The evaluations revealed a decline in reading performance, and an increase in mathematics performance over the previous year for participants in the…

This paper describes 15 dropout retrieval programs that have components with potential for helping migrant dropout youth return to an educational program. Each profile contains information on eligibility, identification or recruitment method, funding, services, and contacts. In addition, each program is categorized as to type of sponsoring…

Many farmworkers are faced with serious problems such as toxic drinking water, malnutrition, low levels of education and income, and poor health care. Based on statistical review, social surveys, and case studies, this document describes older farmworkers' living conditions, focusing on their housing problems. For many, housing is a luxury item…

This volume presents a description of migrant education achievement information as reported in the state programs' annual reports to the United States Department of Education for fiscal years 1982, in which 48 states reported, and 1983, in which 49 states reported. The report presents information regarding the subjects taught, grade levels served,…

The report summarizes data on the usage of Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) courses throughout the United States during the 1985-86 school year. Overall usage data on number of students, courses enrolled, units completed, number of graduates assisted, and semester units granted are reported by status--interstate, intrastate, and…