The problem of this study was to determine which of a list of forty-seven art competencies designed by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for K-12 art specialists were most essential for early childhood and intermediate elementary classroom teachers. Four-point Likert-type scaled instruments were designed and sent to three types of North Carolina educators: (a) 200 elementary classroom teachers, stratified into two equal subgroups of early childhood and intermediate teachers; (b) 100 K-12 art specialists; and (c) all art teacher educators employed at colleges and universities with state approved programs in art education. These subjects were asked to respond to the relevance of each competency for the elementary classroom teacher.

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

A key consideration in the human migration process to a destination country is the need to secure suitable and affordable housing. As housing costs have increased in the United States in recent decades, mobile homes – also known as manufactured housing or "trailers" – have become a significant source of affordable housing for people living in the United States. In rural communities, mobile homes have become a substantial portion of the available housing stock. This research project explored mobile home living specifically in relation to Mexican migrants who lived in a rural county in central North Carolina. Consideration was given to the practical issues of this type of housing, as well as any influence the American stigma of mobile homes might have had on the ways people experienced their homes and communities.