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In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through fifth graders will learn again how to do just that. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson went out ...
Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free tool ...
To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...
As followers of education controversies know by now, the Common Core academic standards, soon to be carried out by 45 states, don't require the teaching of cursive handwriting. The curricular gap has ...
The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...
Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Kentucky lawmaker has filed a bill that would require cursive writing to be taught in elementary schools and for students to be proficient in cursive by the time they enter ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBUS, Ohio– The Ohio Senate passed a ...
Cursive writing continues to make a comeback.Earlier this year, Ohio passed a bill mandating students learn cursive by fifth grade, and now Texas is following suit.In 2017, the Texas State Board of ...