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I am holding myself accountable for stating — literally in print — I would be reintroducing the Lost Art of Cursive Writing to middle schoolers.
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 in ...
Florida House Bill 921 would require all students in second through fifth grade to learn to write in cursive. Why is this law ...
The Florida House passed the cursive handwriting bill unanimously, 131-0. Now, it must pass the Senate and be signed into law ...
What happened? It is called the Common Core. We now know handwriting is a way to learn about a person. It is crucial.
If you cannot decipher cursive, you can’t really experience literature’s great works in their original version. Same for ...
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Or is it time to move on from this quaint relic of past times? The Editorial Board Roundtable takes up its quills and weighs ...
Our family history is preserved in letters written by great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, parents, siblings, and friends. They give great insight into the personalities and daily lives of ...
I was sloppy with my cursive penmanship and I could not wait to abandon it.” Despite his negative experience, some educational researchers argue that learning cursive offers significant ...
For now, they have the option to print or use cursive for their assignments. “I feel like for me it takes longer, and it just hurts my hand,” said Shane McWilliams, 9. “It’s too much to memorize.” ...
To the editor: For years, cursive writing has not been taught in public schools (“Have we forgotten how to say thank you?” March 19). Three of my four grandchildren cannot read a letter that I ...