An Anchor in a Shifting Stream
Jorge Santiago, 8, left, waits as Pam Eppinger, a student-support specialist with
the migrant education program in Chester County, Pa., chats with Jorge’s mother, Alicia
Cruz, above right, holding her son Diego.
—Sevans/Education Week
Kennett Square, Pa.
Eight-year-old Jorge Santiago attended school for four weeks this summer to reinforce what he’d learned over the past year. His summer study was part of a federally funded program that offers extra educational help to migrant children year-round.
The rising 3rd grader, whose father is a Mexican immigrant employed by a landscaping company, joined 240 students at Kennett Consolidated School District for classes run by a regional agency that implements the migrant education program in Chester County, Pa .
“The program is good for families that come from other countries, to orient them to the schools,” said Jorge’s mother, Alicia...
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