For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about cursive writing. Like Latin, it’s a dead language — er, lost art — and I was determined to resurrect it. The students completed ...

Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.

Philadelphia’s numbers were worse, with just 19% of fourth grade students scoring proficient or above. Research suggests it may be possible to improve overall writing and reading through handwriting ...

with just 19% of fourth grade students scoring proficient or above. Research suggests it may be possible to improve overall writing and reading through handwriting instruction. Why might cursive ...

Grade: B-plus The best football player in this ... and he’ll fit in with Brian Burns in the Giants’ 3-4 defense. He also should push Kayvon Thibodeaux for snaps — and perhaps for a starting ...

Alex Binoy, a student at Abu Dhabi Indian School, fell from his third-floor apartment ... Alex was awaiting the results of his Grade 12 CBSE board exam. His parents, Binoy Thomas and Elsy Binoy ...

A pair of Virginia parents were arrested after their third-grade son grabbed an unsecured handgun inside the home, put it in his backpack and went to school, where it inadvertently went off during ...

In 2013, Mississippi implemented a multifaceted strategy for enhancing kindergarten to third grade literacy. The Literacy-Based Promotion Act focuses on early literacy and teacher development.

But so is the toll my handwriting has taken over the years ... But her push for legislation that would incorporate cursive lessons into the curriculum for students in third through fifth grade came ...

“You want to make it nice and neat.” Cursive writing is included in the curriculum at Indian Mills School in Shamong, where students begin learning it in third grade. Although it is not mandated by ...

According to the bill’s statement of purpose, public school students will be required to achieve proficiency in cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade. Cursive handwriting is included in ...