A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head ...
Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...
New Jersey mandates cursive instruction in all districts by 2026–27. Gov. Murphy cites history & cognitive benefits. Click ...
The adult college student, earning his degree at a New York State college to better himself, was ticked off. His adolescent son couldn’t sign his name — not because he wasn’t a smart kid, but because ...
With the advancement of technology, some old practices are starting to become fashionable or even go viral. Take handwriting, ...
Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...
HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive.
Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the ...
Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...
Two Florida Republicans filed a bill that would require elementary school students to learn cursive. A Florida House ...
New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...
I just have to comment about the lack of needing to teach cursive writing in the letter as described by the retired educator from Montana. No wonder our country is in such sad shape with this kind of ...