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Key Activities
Key Components
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 The
mission of the Binational Migrant Education Program is to facilitate
sustained educational services, conduct effective activities that promote
academic success, and advocate for students whose parents travel between
the U.S. and Mexico in Pursuit of temporary seasonal work in agriculture
and fishing.
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This is an international program that exists between the U.S. and
Mexico to help provide direct services to migrant students who travel
between the two countries. In the United States, this program operates
as part of the U.S.
Department of Education's Migrant Education Program. It grew
from the efforts of a California teacher who decided to make contact
in 1976 with educators in the Michoacan (Mexico) village that was home
base for many of her students.
Today, the Binational Migrant Education Program
affords migrant students the opportunity to continue their
education regardless of the country in which they are residing by
advocating for enrollment opportunities, transference of course
credits, school enrollment opportunities and outreach to increase
parent's understanding of the need to enroll students in both
countries. VBISD Migrant/Bilingual Education Services became
involved because of similar concerns about the education of migrant
students we receive from Mexico. |
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