The Great Cursive Debate: Does Handwriting Really Make Kids Smarter?
As Ohio considers reintroducing cursive writing in schools, podcast discussion reveals skepticism about claimed cognitive ...
New Jersey lawmakers push to bring cursive back to schools. Sister Margaret Mary would approve!
Fast-forward 30-plus years and Sister Margaret Mary was the first person who came to mind when I read about two New Jersey ...
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Handwriting Helps Kids Learn. Here’s How to Make the Most of It
Nimah Gobir: She discovered that handwriting is an essential part of learning language. Writing by hand strengthens letter recognition and supports memory and recall—especially when taught alongside ...
Why some Ohio kids still master lost art of cursive
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently updated its five-year-old guidance for school districts that want to teach handwriting and cursive. Some districts in Northeast Ohio are ...
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Florida bill pushes new ‘Smart Living’ course in high schools. Here’s what that means
The curriculum would be implemented as two stand-alone courses between grades 8 and 12, helping prepare students to "function ...
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Cursive writing bill penciled in for House floor after unanimous committee vote
While the future of the House bill appears to be written in clear, indelible ink, the script for the Senate version has yet ...
Should cursive writing make a comeback in New Jersey schools? Two lawmakers believe all students should learn it.
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 ...