Why some Ohio kids are still mastering the lost art of cursive
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently updated its five-year-old guidance for school districts that want to ...
New Jersey lawmakers push to bring cursive back to schools. Sister Margaret Mary would approve!
Fast-forward 30-plus years and Sister Margaret Mary was the first person who came to mind when I read about two New Jersey ...
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Handwriting Helps Kids Learn. Here’s How to Make the Most of It
Nimah Gobir: She discovered that handwriting is an essential part of learning language. Writing by hand strengthens letter recognition and supports memory and recall—especially when taught alongside ...
Should cursive writing make a comeback in New Jersey schools? Two lawmakers believe all students should learn it.
After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth ...
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The push to revive cursive writing in West Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing ...
Why writing by hand beats typing for enhancing memory, learning
“Such widespread brain connectivity is known to be crucial for memory formation and ... like to produce those letters,” van ...