Changing School with the Season. Teresa Mendez.
by Mendez, Teresa; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 8Institutions. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Children of migrant laborers -- Education | Educational law and legislation | High school dropouts | Migrant agricultural laborers | Students -- Legal status, laws, etcDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Children of migrant farm workers...occupy a shadowy place in the education landscape. As they slip between schools and states their progress--and setbacks--are extremely difficult to gauge....They have been called an 'invisible minority.' Hard to identify, obscured within another struggling yet more prominent demographic--impoverished Latinos--migrant students face the same obstacles as other low-income minority children. According to the Labor Department's National Agricultural Workers Survey, their families earn less than $10,000 a year. On average, farm workers have six years of formal education. Most don't speak English. But migrants must also grapple with farm injuries and pesticide exposure; juggle school work with field work; and learn to navigate a world that is constantly in motion. With each interruption to their schooling, they risk falling behind. Just one move can increase the likelihood that a student will drop out or repeat a grade." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article reports that federal law now requires states to track the progress of "migrants in their midst...without necessarily creating additional support for a vulnerable group already struggling to keep up."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Changing School with the Season, Feb. 15, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Children of migrant farm workers...occupy a shadowy place in the education landscape. As they slip between schools and states their progress--and setbacks--are extremely difficult to gauge....They have been called an 'invisible minority.' Hard to identify, obscured within another struggling yet more prominent demographic--impoverished Latinos--migrant students face the same obstacles as other low-income minority children. According to the Labor Department's National Agricultural Workers Survey, their families earn less than $10,000 a year. On average, farm workers have six years of formal education. Most don't speak English. But migrants must also grapple with farm injuries and pesticide exposure; juggle school work with field work; and learn to navigate a world that is constantly in motion. With each interruption to their schooling, they risk falling behind. Just one move can increase the likelihood that a student will drop out or repeat a grade." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article reports that federal law now requires states to track the progress of "migrants in their midst...without necessarily creating additional support for a vulnerable group already struggling to keep up."
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