KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lawmakers in Missouri have introduced a bill that could restore previous curriculum standards across the state, including cursive handwriting instruction and reduced screen time in ...

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Several states are making cursive writing instruction a requirement in schools once again, citing the importance of students being able to read our nation’s founding and ...

CoreTechX has launched a fully on-premise AI platform designed to help government ministries, courts, and archival institutions digitise handwritten Arabic records without compromising data ...

If you're a runner wanting to join in the Blessing of the Fleet Race in Narragansett this summer, you may be out of luck. New legislation expands cannabis industry in Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey ...

Shelley Feltenberger reads a book about the first day of school to her third grade class to welcome them to the school year at Miles Township Elementary Aug. 27, 2024. Abby Drey adrey@centredaily.com ...

Cursive handwriting is making a big comeback in schools for students of the Gen Alpha generation (born between 2010 and 2025). New Jersey and Pennsylvania are the most recent in a growing number of ...

Twenty-seven states now have laws mandating or encouraging cursive instruction in public schools—up from only 14 a decade ago. Proponents believe cursive is an important life skill that has ...

A Minnesota senator has proposed a bill to require students to learn cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade. Proponents argue that learning cursive improves cognitive function and helps ...

Pennsylvania students will soon join a growing number of their peers nationwide practicing the looping, connected script of cursive writing—part of a broader national revival of the once-standard ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Students in second grade began a lesson on cursive writing without using paper or pencils. They stood up and started to recite: “down curve, under curve, over curve” while moving ...

Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary, then walked through the motions of how to write a ...