With the advancement of technology, some old practices are starting to become fashionable or even go viral. Take handwriting, ...
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, ...
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 ...
New Jersey is bringing cursive back to schools. According to a new bill, all third, fourth, and fifth-grade students in the ...
This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...
New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...
Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...
Elizabeth Isacco ordered the students in her third-grade class to squat. Then she told them to sweep their arms in an arcing motion toward the ceiling and glide them back downward until their palms ...
Research has shown that it helps children develop. But many parents say their kids aren’t learning cursive in school.