This is a list of other programs. If you know of more please
email us with the details and the URL so that we can add them.
The list is organized into three areas:
Electronic Mailing Lists and News Sources
Interstate Migrant Programs
Migrant Education Programs Listed by
State
Electronic Mailing Lists and News Sources
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My
searching reveals only one existing mailing list for migrant educators.
It is no surprise that it is r un by the forward thinking migrant
educators of Washington state. Subscribe and lend an ear to the
discussion and maybe a hand to overcoming some of the challenges
migrant educators face daily. In the left frame scroll down to
listservs and click on it. In the list of listservs, search for
wa-migrant to jump right to the section that refers to the migrant
mailing list.
Rural
Migration News - Covers Issues of Migration and Immigration both
in the USA and Abroad
Interstate Migrant Education Programs
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The Fight in the Fields: César Chávez and the Farmworkers'
Struggle - Vi deo due out in September
The
Office of Migrant Education has commissioned the creation of a
site with the BEST Migrant Education Resources across the US as
selected by Frank Odasz. This site was created recently and is
very up to date.
The
Office of Migrant Education has a site with lots of information
about Migrant Education across the US
The
United States Department of Labor's Employment and Training Admininstration
maintains a page of links for Seasonal and Migrant Farmworkers
American
Farmworker's Homepage - created and maintained by the National
Center for Farmworker Health
The
Anchor School Project is an exciting edu cational initiative involving
migrant families moving between Florida and the Carolinas.
The
Kentucky Migrant Technology Project has a large collection of
course materials online, in both Spanish and English.
The National
PASS Center Web Site: PASS stands for Portable Assisted Study
Sequence and PASS courses can help students complete credits after
a course interrupting move or after leaving school altogether.
Migrant Education Programs Listed by
State
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Alaska Migrant Education Program
An innovative
program through Arizona State University, Conexiones, puts technology
in the hands of migrant students. New to us in November, 1997
State
of California Migrant Education Program. This site is rich with
resources. Among other things it lists all the programs in the
state with contact information and links to their web pages.
Florida's University of South Florida hosts A Center For the Study
of Migrant Education
Jefferson County, Colorado, Migrant Education
Program
Live Oak Migrant
Education Program, Statesboro, Georgia
Louisiana has a WWW page that lists an 800 number
to access the Migrant Education Program
Kentucky
Migrant Education Program
Maine Migrant
Family Resource Center
Minnesota Migrant Education Resource Center
- Fantastic Resources - Very Well Organized</ P>
The State
of Nebraska has a web page with lots of migrant education information
New Hampshire has a web page
New
York State Migrant Education Outreach Programs and Support Services.
The BOCES
Geneseo, NY Migrant Education Project sponsors programs and scholarships.
The State University of New York's New Paltz Campus offers a Migrant/Special
Education Training Program leading to a MS degreee.
New York - SUNY New Paltz has created a page that shares the situation
of the Garcia family as they move between New York and Florida
to work the crops, in their own words, with wonderful photos.
Pennsylvania Migrant Education - overview, definitions, site contact
people and phone numbers
State
of Texas, Migrant Education Program
Texas Migrant Interstate Project
University
of Texas - EIMC: A Distance Education Center that offers special
programs for migrant students. EIMC has won awards for their programs.
Look under the heading "High School Credit" to find
the program for migrant students.
Washington
State University High School Equivalency Program (HEP)
Novela Health Education, a program of the Northwest Communities
Education Center, pioneering the development of a line of fotonovelas,
videos and radio dramas in Spanish and English that address a
number of topics important to migrant farmworkers including Pesticide
Safety, Prenatal Care, HIV/AIDS, and many more topics.
Other Organizations with Resources Useful to Migrant Educators
Center for Applied Linguistics
- Just as the name says.
ERIC Clearinghouse
on Rural Education and Small Schools - Migrant Education (ERIC
CRESS)
The National Center for
Bilingual Education offers state by state information about state
education departments, teacher certif ication, and laws dealing
with bilingual education.
VOICES
FROM THE FIELD: INTERVIEWS WITH STUDENTS FROM MIGRANT FARMWORKER
FAMILIES published in The Journal of Educational Issues of Language
Minority Students, v14 p. 333-348, Winter 1994. and written by
Yolanda G. Martinez, John Scott, Jr., Ann Cranston-Gingras, John
S. Platt is available at the NCBE - National Center for Bilingual
Education website.
This site is revised as new information is submitted.
Last revision, November 12, 2002.
Please report any new sites, bugs or errors to: Bob Thomas
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