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Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and head-scratching.
It’s about a girl who refuses to write in cursive and, as a result, finds that she can’t read it, either. “Sadly, cursive isn’t the preferred style of writing as it once was.
ATLANTA — In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through ...
In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.
Can you write cursive? Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena last week.
A 77-year-old who won an award for penmanship offers a compromise: Old folks teach kids how to write in cursive, and kids teach old folks how to use smartphones.
Starting this year, students in third, fourth and fifth grades will learn how to read and write in cursive as part of their ...
Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.
Those same cursive-deprived children won’t be able to read the handwritten letters or diaries of their parents, grandparents or other relatives.
In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through fifth graders will learn again how to do just that. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson went ...