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to the Web site for the Migrant Education Resource Center (MERC)! The MERC Web site provides migrant educators with resources and information to create a community of practitioners for the tasks of program administration and implementation. All the site components were created for a common point of focus for documents and training pertinent to the MEP and a mechanism for problem-solving and professional development.

What's New

Introducing the New OME Conference 2009!!!

The ID&R forum is cancelled! However, in its place is a new and expanded OME meeting. Please join us in sunny San Diego, CA, for the “2009 OME Conference: A New Season of Success Together.” Scheduled for October 27-29th at the Town & Country Hotel.

New Migrant Education Program History Video

This new video reflects the changes in the regulations.

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About Us

The Center for Human Services (CHS) of Bethesda, Maryland, is the home of the Migrant Education Resource Center. With over 40 years’ experience assisting government and private sector clients to design, operate, and evaluate programs, CHS has wide-ranging expertise in a number of areas critical to the successful development and implementation of MERC.



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Alec M. Gallup (Princeton Town Topics)
Alec Miller Gallup, 81, of Princeton, died at home June 22 of heart failure. He was the son of Dr. George Gallup, founder of The Gallup Poll. Mr. Gallup was chairman of The Gallup Poll in the United States.


Background Note: Lesotho (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 30,355 sq. km. (11,718 sq. mi.), about the size of Maryland. Cities: Capital --Maseru (173,700). Other cities --Leribe (35,000), Mafeteng (32,900), Teyateyaneng (22,800), Mohale's Hoek (18,400).


Can We Tell Those Huddled Masses To Scram? Immigration And The Constitution (Immigration Portal)
In 1873 some Presbyterians in Kentucky invited a young Canadian to be their pastor.


US lifts curb on Cambodia, Laos trade (Asia Times)
BANGKOK - The removal of Cambodia and Laos from a United States blacklist that limits government support for US companies doing business with the two countries represents the latest strategic move by Washington to counterbalance China's rising influence in mainland Southeast Asia. The new designation will open the way for more American investment in two of Southeast Asia's poorest nations, both ...


Boaz superintendent receives merit pay (The Sand Mountain Reporter)
Boaz City Schools Superintendent Leland Dishman received a positive evaluation from board members Monday night, garnering a merit payment. Dishman will receive a one-time payment of $7,500 by July 31 for meeting various goals stated in his contract.


Indonesia's music underground finds political voice (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The saccharine world of Indonesian pop is being rocked by a new wave of underground bands that aren't afraid to take aim at the country's political elite ahead of July 8 presidential elections.


Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Barack Obama didn't kill liberalism; he's just doing a nice job of burying it. The end of liberalism as a meaningful ideology came with the nomination of Bill Clinton. The argument was - although hardly phrased so accurately - that it was far better ...


Indonesia's music underground finds political voice (Dawn)
Popular Indonesian singer Ras Muhamad performs at an outdoor concert in Jakarta.–AFP Photo. JAKARTA: The saccharine world of Indonesian pop is being rocked by a new wave of underground bands that aren't afraid to take aim at the country's political elite ahead of July 8 presidential elections.


Burton named Jays' community All-Star (Toronto Blue Jays)
Burton named Jays' community All-Star


Good migrations: Britons moving abroad (Guardian Unlimited)
Would you swap rainy, recession-ravaged Britain for a new life? More of us are choosing to emigrate – and you don't have to be young and carefree to join the exodus You've just joined the ranks of Britain's 2.26m unemployed, it's raining outside and the paint is peeling from the wall at a gloomy coffee shop where you're pondering what to do. If, though, you belong to a generation that has ...


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The Migrant Education Resource Center (MERC) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education,
Office of Migrant Education under Contract Number ED-06-CO-0094.

This website is developed by the Center for Human Services (CHS) and its sub-contractors:
BEA Enterprises Inc., EnCompass, and Support Services International (SSI).

Last Modified: 6/25/2009