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A Narrative Inquiry Research Study: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Programs Empower and Support Migrant Families to Transition into Formal Education in California
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Flora E. Chacon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This narrative inquiry research study explored the experiences of three migrant families living in California. This research contributes new knowledge that will support Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) administrators, early childhood practitioners, elementary school principals, and kindergarten teachers in understanding transition events…
Descriptors: Migrant Programs, Migrant Children, Migrant Education, Family (Sociological Unit)
The Impact of the College Assistance Migrant Program on Migrant Student Achievement in the California State University System
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Ramirez, Adrian Dee – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the 7-year longitudinal study was to examine the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), a student services intervention, to determine its impact on migrant student achievement in the California State University (CSU) system. Participants included 336 migrant students who were enrolled as first-time, full-time freshmen in fall…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grade Point Average, Migrant Programs, Federal Programs
Bridges to Success in High School for Migrant Youth
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Gibson, Margaret A.; Hidalgo, Nicole – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Among the children of immigrants, one of the populations placed at greatest risk of not finishing high school are the children of migrant farmworkers. Although it is difficult to track graduation rates for migrant students because of their mobility, the U.S. Department of Education estimates that only half of all migrant…
Descriptors: Migrant Education, Role Models, Graduation Rate, Mexican Americans
California's Out-of-School Immigrant Youth: A Vulnerable Minority. Public Policy Institute of California Research Brief# 117
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Public Policy Institute of California, 2007
This research brief summarizes a report by Laura E. Hill and Joseph M. Hayes, "Out-of-School Immigrant Youth" (2007, 134 pp.) [ED496282]. In that report, the authors paint a detailed portrait of a little-noticed immigrant population group, mainly from Mexico and Central America, who are not receiving any kind of education or schooling.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Public Policy, Educational Attainment
Out-of-School Immigrant Youth
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Hill, Laura E.; Hayes, Joseph M. – Public Policy Institute of California, 2007
This report examines a little noticed group of Californians: young immigrants not in school and who receive few if any educational services. The authors also observe the federal Migrant Education Program (MEP), charged with helping this group. Using MEP and census data, the authors find that many out-of-school youth work, left school while quite…
Descriptors: Regional Programs, Out of School Youth, Migrant Programs, Migrant Education
Poverty amid Prosperity: Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural California.
Taylor, J. Edward; Martin, Philip L.; Fix, Michael – 1997
This book synthesizes the views of California's preeminent rural development researchers on how immigration is transforming rural California communities. It draws on papers presented at two conferences held in Asilomar and Riverside (California) in 1995 and 1996. Conference participants were asked to consider whether rural poverty is being…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Change, Federal Programs, Immigrants