Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...
This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...
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 ...
E’lon Hamilton, a student at West Mound Elementary, founded the Cursive for Kids club to teach cursive writing to his peers, ...
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 ...
Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why.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 ...
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 ...
Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A ...
New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...