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A proposed bill to bring back cursive writing and reading in Michigan classrooms has been introduced to the Michigan ...
The American Philosophical Society in Old City is using AI to transcribe thousands of Revolutionary-era documents.
A Kentucky law that passed in the spring of 2024 will require elementary schools to teach cursive writing, starting with the ...
Compulsory cursive writing has been tucked into dozens of pages that describe the standards for English in elementary school. The state board approved the revised standards in a 13-1 vote in May 2023.
ME: Yeah, I know. I always put a lot of effort into my handwriting, going back to the second grade, when I took my first cursive baby steps. And they weren’t easy. As you may know, I’m left ...
Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...
That's already been the practice since 2011 when Indiana adopted Common Core State Standards that required keyboarding instruction instead of cursive writing.
After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters ...
Missouri State Reps. Renne Reuter (R-Imperial) and Petty McGaugh (R-Carrollton) have sponsored house bills 346 and 375, both of which would require cursive handwriting instruction and testing in ...
Historically, cursive writing was a necessary skill. The ability to write quickly and legibly was essential for notetaking, personal correspondence, and even completing standardized forms.
It was the ’90s. We wrote probably up through Christmas. I kept writing…. I’ve always wondered what happened to her. I’ve always craved mail from people.
La'Montez Saunders, 10, practices writing his name in cursive at the West End Center with Diane Hailey on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015.