Farmworker Awareness Week March 24-31, 2013

Another Concern Facing Migrant Workers is  . . . 

ACCESS TO EDUCATION

THURSDAY MARCH 28

“The median highest grade of school completed by farmworkers is sixth grade.” (http://saf-unite.org/content/united-states-farmworker-factsheet).

For most students, sixth grade is just the half-way mark, but for many farmworkers, this is the end of their education. Farmworker children are more likely than any other child to quit school even before high school graduation, not because they want to, but because they have to help support their family. They are not able to be rooted in one community and school system; they may attend up to three different schools in one year. For many children it takes roughly three years to advance one grade level. How can they get the education they need, not only for academic progression but even for knowledge of their basic rights?

Click here to see a video about access to education.

That is where you come in. Take action to ensure that all children can reach their full educational potential:
http://www.saf-unite.org/content/access-education
http://en.adelantenc.org/
http://elcambio.webs.com/takeaction.htm