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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / ...

Cursive lessons, marching band credit, teacher unions. New Florida laws

More than 120 new laws took effect Wednesday in Florida, and some of them affect students, teachers and parents. What to know ...

Signed and secured: Why a new Florida law is bringing cursive back to classrooms

Florida students will be required to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing under a new state law taking effect this week ...
Post and Courier

Letters: Cursive an important lesson for students to learn

In a letter to the editor Sunday, a writer recounted an experience with a high school junior who was unable to read cursive handwriting. The writer noted that a friend had to read notes sent in ...

This B.C. teacher is teaching cursive — and helping students win national handwriting awards

A group of students from five classrooms at an elementary school in Nelson, B.C., just competed in a North American ...
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Cursive comeback? Minnesota bill would require script handwriting lessons in schools

Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a celebratory dessert, the teenager is often summoned to pipe a fancy “happy birthday” ...
KREM

Bill would require cursive lessons in schools

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- It used to be a standard part of elementary school, but today cursive writing instruction is optional. A bill submitted in Olympia would make cursive mandatory in Washington schools.
The Courier-Journal

Cursive comeback? Some Kentucky lawmakers want to see it returned to public schools

FRANKFORT — Cursive writing lessons could soon be making a reappearance in Kentucky schools. Common Core, the federal education initiative adopted in 2010, dropped cursive education, but the Kentucky ...
WFAE

Pandemic Disrupted Required Cursive Writing Lessons In CMS, State Report Says

State-mandated cursive writing lessons were among the casualties of the pandemic in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools last year, a new state report says. In 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly ...
ABC7

Cursive handwriting instruction in elementary school is now required by law in California

As elementary school students across California return from winter break, a new lesson plan will soon be on the way. Learning cursive is now required by state law. The new law took effect at the ...
NJ.com

Do N.J. kids need to learn cursive? Yes, yes, yes, state lawmakers say.

Imagine a time when children can’t read historical documents. Young adults can barely conjure a driver’s license signature. And even some elementary school teachers confess they don’t know how to ...
AOL

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 ...