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HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive. Existing state law does not require cursive writing, but State Board of Education ...

️ Cursive writing is officially back in New Jersey elementary schools starting next year. ️ Lawmakers cite neuroscience research showing handwriting boosts learning. ️ After years of debate, Murphy ...

Dear Heloise: I sympathize to some extent with the writer in a recent column of yours lamented how doctor’s offices will say the appointment is at 10:00 a.m. but ask that you arrive at 9:30 a.m. for ...

Finland's Savon Sanomat newspaper recently reported that cursive handwriting - "joined-up" writing - would not be compulsorily taught in Finnish schools from 2016, and that it would be replaced by ...

New bills in Florida would mandate cursive instruction for students in second through fifth grade. Proponents argue cursive is important for reading historical documents and developing a personal ...

Sherisse Kenerson stood in the front of her classroom Thursday afternoon at Holmes Middle School in Lincolnia, Virginia, and explained how to write the letters “M” and “N” in cursive. Then, she had ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Third graders in Iowa will begin their second year of cursive handwriting education this school year due to a June 2024 change to the state education board’s requirements. In ...

Pennsylvania could become the 26th state to require schools to teach cursive to students. Cursive instruction waned after Common Core Standards were adopted by most states in 2010, but in recent years ...

Is cursive writing still being taught in America? Some states are starting to bring the old style back after disappearing. Cursive writing is a style of handwriting characterized by connected letters ...

Georgia's updated English Language Arts standards will require cursive writing instruction for students in grades 3 through 5. Third graders will begin learning how to read and write in cursive ...

ATLANTA — The 2025 school year in Georgia will start in late July or August, and this time it’s bringing back an older lesson plan for its newer students. Third through fifth graders will have lessons ...