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Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and head-scratching.
Caleb Murray, a participant in the group's cursive writing program, stated, “And I also wanted to learn because I never learned how to write in cursive throughout my childhood.” ...
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 ...
It’s about a girl who refuses to write in cursive and, as a result, finds that she can’t read it, either. “Sadly, cursive isn’t the preferred style of writing as it once was.
In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.
Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.
A 77-year-old who won an award for penmanship offers a compromise: Old folks teach kids how to write in cursive, and kids teach old folks how to use smartphones.
“These evidence-based benefits of learning how to write in cursive are powerful. But that doesn’t make cursive writing easy to implement in the classroom setting.” ...
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 ...
California’s new commitment to teaching cursive handwriting in classrooms will help improve overall students cognition across subjects.
ATLANTA — In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through ...