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 ...
As school-age children increasingly rely solely on digital devices for remote- and in-class learning, many K-12 school systems around the world are phasing out cursive handwriting and no longer ...
COLUMBUS - In a world of Snapchat and text messages, cursive handwriting has gone the way of the dodo. Ohio lawmakers want to revive the lost art of penmanship. A proposed law, which passed the Ohio ...
Florida students will be required to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing under a new state law taking effect this week ...
Florida public school students in grades 3 through 5 will now be required to learn cursive writing under a new law that took effect July 1.
California has enacted a law requiring schools to teach cursive writing. For years, learning cursive was considered an outdated and unnecessary skill, but the heavy reliance on technology has led to a ...
Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to follow the curvy ups and ...
Florida's new cursive requirement makes handwriting mandatory for grades 3-5, with proficiency required before middle school.
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. If pen retailers and state legislators are to be believed, cursive handwriting is ...
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, ...