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These ideas for project-based learning can help students in preschool to grade 2 grow their language skills as they learn content.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was notified in an email late Thursday from the White House's Presidential Personnel Office, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. Confirmed by the Senate to the job in 2016, Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress.

Cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts for K-8 students in the United States. Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting, including California, Iowa and Oklahoma. Pennsylvania and New Jersey are considering similar legislation, as are other states.

About 46 percent of all funded Head Start slots are in rural congressional districts, compared to 22 percent in urban districts. In some states, 1 in 3 rural child care centers are operated by Head Start.

Because U.S. education and licensing requirements are different from other countries, immigrants trained in certain industries such as health care and education have to get recertified to work in the U.S. That process, which can be lengthy, means highly educated immigrants are often overqualified for the jobs they are seeking.

Earlier this year, Tennessee legislators introduced three sets of bills that would require K-12 schools to verify students’ immigration status upon enrollment, charge tuition to undocumented students, and, in some cases, even deny these students enrollment. On April 21, the state’s efforts hit a snag after state House majority leader William Lamberth, a Republican, paused the passage of HB 793/SB 836. Lamberth said he wanted time to confirm with the U.S. Department of Education that such legislation would not jeopardize federal money for education in the state.

The titles in these series focus on building something new, getting messy, and creating memories. Using age-appropriate instructions and references, many of this season’s series demonstrate creativity through STEM, artistic design with food, and upcycling materials. Other titles provide biographies of popular cartoon characters and mix comedy with the history of various holidays. These series offer readers a wide variety of crafts, cultural recipes, silly jokes, and tech-free activities to encourage connection and curiosity in the classroom or at home.

These portable science labs allow young children to investigate the world around them, all year long.

Researchers working with teachers and schools across the country spoke with Education Week about some of the unique challenges that arise in developing programs that feature less commonly taught languages such as Urdu, Hmong, and Vietnamese.

Jesús Rodríguez, worried about being detained, decided to leave the country before his humanitarian parole expired.