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Schmitt, Ann M.; Horner, Sherri L.; Lavery, Matthew R. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
Children of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) in the United States face educational challenges from language barriers and disjointed schooling due to migration and other factors. This quasi-experimental pretest/posttest study investigated whether summer Migrant Education Programs (MEP) could help prevent summer learning loss in English…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Migrant Children, English (Second Language)
Reyes (J.A.) Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
Major components of a study conducted in 1977 and 1978 were: (1) an examination of existing literature on migrant transportation; (2) collection of pertinent empirical data from federal, state, and migrant work camp records; and (3) vehicle counts and observation at 32 selected locations in 11 destination states in the western, midwestern, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Farm Labor, Federal Regulation
Vega, Jaime I., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Compiled for use by agencies working with migrant and seasonal farmworkers, this directory lists programs and services available to these farmworkers during their stay in Ohio and Wisconsin. Data were obtained from Federal, State, and local agencies in each State. Special emphasis was placed on information and data current as of summer 1973.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Directories, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Barger, Ken; Reza, Ernesto – 1984
In 1983, personal interviews with 38 adult, Mexican American, migrant farmworker, male heads of households working tomato crops in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan revealed living and working conditions and views and involvement regarding labor rights and the farmworker movement among the estimated 65,000 Midwestern migrant farmworkers. Interview data…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Farm Labor, Labor Conditions