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Should cursive writing make a comeback?

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 ...
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Florida lawmakers want students to learn these subjects in school

While the next Legislative session is still a couple of months away, Florida lawmakers are already busy filing new bills that could become law.
Los Angeles Times

Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California

Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to follow the curvy ups and ...
PBS

Why don’t the common-core standards include cursive writing?

Should schools teach cursive handwriting? The question is a polarizing one in the K-12 education world. One of the most widely cited criticisms of the Common Core State Standards is that they don’t ...
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Back to school: Back to cursive in the classroom under Iowa Education standards

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Cursive is back in Iowa schools. The ability to read and write cursive has been fading from American society. “You just don’t see very many people using cursive because a lot of ...
Yahoo

Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California

Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it ...