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The Challenges of Educating Migrant Students

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,

Amanda Magnus

Published December 4, 2018 at 12:55 PM EST

Emily, left, and Brenda Merlin, sisters in the migrant education program in Bladen County. It's the biggest migrant education program in the state.

Emily, left, and Brenda Merlin, sisters in the migrant education program in Bladen County. It's the biggest migrant education program in the state.

More than 4,700 North Carolina students were eligible for migrant education services last year. These are the children of migrant workers who move from state to state as their parents follow seasonal crops. This frequent relocation means these students are often changing schools and even moving from one state to another.

Host Frank Stasio speaks with Alex Granados, senior reporter for Education NC, about the challenges of education migrant students.

Reporter Alex Granadoslooked at how North Carolina educates migrant students as they navigate different school districts, exam schedules and teaching styles. Granados is a senior reporter for Education NC. He shares his reporting with host Frank Stasio and talks about the challenges of educating migrant students.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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Amanda Magnus

Amanda Magnus grew up in Maryland and went to high school in Baltimore. She became interested in radio after an elective course in the NYU journalism department. She got her start at Sirius XM Satellite Radio, but she knew public radio was for her when she interned at WNYC. She later moved to Madison, where she worked at Wisconsin Public Radio for six years. In her time there, she helped create an afternoon drive news magazine show, called Central Time. She also produced several series, including one on Native American life in Wisconsin. She spends her free time running, hiking, and roller skating. She also loves scary movies.

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