Sentences with phrase «migrant education program»

Pamela A. Gatcomb, dean of industrial and continuing education at Northern Maine Vocational - Technical Institute in Presque Isle, Me., has been named coordinator of the Maine Migrant Education Program in Augusta, Me.

An audit of three Oklahoma school districts has found that 98 percent of the children the districts counted as participants in the federal migrant education program during the 2003 - 04 school year didn't meet eligibility requirements.

Comienza en Casa / It Starts at Home — This program, which is part of the Maine Migrant Education Program, incorporates iPad use, traditional early learning activities and information to help parents improve school readiness and literacy skills for preschool and kindergarten children who speak little to no English.

The Virginia Department of Education is responsible for evaluating migrant education programs in the state through submission of an application for funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).

The ESCORT Hotline Specialist referred the caller to the local Migrant Education Program office.

Proposed new rules intended to keep closer tabs on eligibility for the federal migrant education program could be costly and burdensome for states — and lead to decreased participation of migrant families, according to officials who implement the program in some states.

This approach has been used successfully for more than four decades in health campaigns and in the Migrant Education Program.

In addition, the Migrant Education Program works to ensure that all migrant students graduate with a high school diploma (or complete a General Education Diploma) that prepares them for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment.

Family engagement is included in other areas of ESSA as well — the migrant education program (Title I Part C), English learners (Title III), and children with disabilities.

The following criteria are used to evaluate the migrant education program applications: (1) effectiveness of program services / activities to increase student achievement, and (2) progress of schools and school divisions serving migrant children toward meeting the student performance targets as defined in the Virginia Board of Education's Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (PDF).

Strategies for providing services to meet the needs of the population vary throughout the state depending upon the availability of other programs and services and upon the fiscal resources of the Migrant Education Program.

The purpose of the Migrant Education Program is to design and support high - quality and comprehensive educational programs that provide migratory children with the same opportunity to meet the challenging state academic content and student achievement standards that are expected of all children.

Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, Livermore, California, Migrant Education Program

While federally funded, California's Migrant Education Program (MEP) is supported by both federal and state laws.

The purpose of the Migrant Education Program (MEP) is to design and support high - quality and comprehensive educational programs that provide migratory children with the same opportunity to meet the challenging state academic content and student achievement standards that are expected of all children.

Of course, this migrant education program was minor compared to the amount of funds and the level of federal rules and restrictions associated with the federal government's massive No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top funding.