Cold case closure brings answers but no justice in 2005 Tampa murder A two-decade-old murder case in Tampa is officially closed, bringing long-awaited answers, but no criminal charges, for the family ...
For 30 minutes each day, Mikayla Blalock’s fourth grade students at Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School in Monroe County focus on what some consider a lost art in the digital age: cursive writing.
Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. In a world where digital devices are everywhere, it’s easy to wonder if handwriting still matters. We’ve ...
Meet Iris Hatfield, the Louisville woman who created 'The New American Cursive.' Cursive will be a new requirement in Kentucky's public elementary schools this year, but it may not be the same cursive ...
An old school skill is coming back to Georgia classrooms this year, as cursive writing becomes a required part of English Language Arts instruction for the first time in two decades. At Robert Shaw ...
LANSING, Mich. — Cursive writing, once a staple of elementary education, is vanishing from classrooms across the United States. A Michigan lawmaker is determined to reverse this trend, emphasizing the ...
ATLANTA — When younger students return to Georgia public schools this fall, they will learn an old-school skill: handwriting. New changes to the state standards for English Language Arts will require ...
You know what’s fun? Sharpening pencils, organizing a million glue sticks, and trying to explain to a five-year-old why they can’t cut their own bangs during craft time. And by fun, I mean mildly ...
Once an essential life skill, writing by hand is now saved for special occasions like wedding invitations. Sometimes, we do it when we need to scribble down a quick note. As we observed generational ...
Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards. Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He ...