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 ...
To understand why cursive writing seems to be a dying art, you have to go all the way back to…well, only 2007, actually. It ...
The group of preteens uncapped their markers and began practicing how to capitalize two new letters: “B” and “Q.” The lesson felt like a return to the basics. Only this time, the middle-schoolers were ...
New bills would mandate cursive reading and writing instruction for Florida elementary school students. Students would be required to demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing cursive by the ...
Remember all the loops, curls, and swirls involved with learning how to write in cursive? Well, movies aren't the only thing that can be rebooted. Cursive has been made part of the ELA Standards' ...
Pennsylvania students will soon join a growing number of their peers nationwide practicing the looping, connected script of cursive writing—part of a broader national revival of the once-standard ...
Patience Gozaydin, 7, a second grade student at Frankstown Elementary practices cursive writing Thursday in Ann Franco’s class. Mirror photo by Cynthia Wise The flow of motion from putting pencil to ...
Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed Monday ...
Who needs a pencil and paper when we can just type or generate whatever text we need to? Actually, New Jersey students will, as they'll now be required to learn how to write in cursive by hand. This ...