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During a campaign event on Wednesday, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who is running for governor of South Carolina, spoke about the ...
3rd graders learn cursive at Laurel School Upper Campus in Menlo Park on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. A law taking effect in 2024 will require cursive instruction.
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WOWK) — A newly implemented piece of legislation is bringing back an old piece of curriculum in Kentucky.
Simply put, cursive writing was developed by the human hand for the human hand. If you will: Take a minute to watch your child draw. Look at the way they hold their pencil and form their lines.
“Every child should be exposed to learning — as well as the benefits of — cursive writing,” Quirk-Silva said. By 2016, only 12 states required learning cursive.
Cursive writing is mentally and physically challenging. It offers a quicker medium of communication than printing, and it creates a personal expression that reflects who we are at the moment.
As students get ready to go back to school, some younger students will be picking up a familiar writing style. For today’s ...
Cooper says she feels cursive writing is still a necessity. She says in a time when technology and typing in text is so much a part of children's lives, it is important they still learn this form ...
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 ...
Students in school by Ridofranz via iStock for WMNF News. ©2025 The News Service of Florida As digital learning continues to expand, a bill is ready to go to the full Florida House that would require ...
If the bill becomes law, the curriculum would be put into place in the next school year, but it would be not be required. 21 states mandate that cursive be taught in the schools.
Texas will reintroduce cursive writing to the state curriculum for elementary students beginning in the 2019-2020 school year. Second graders will learn how to write cursive letters, and third ...