New Jersey to bring cursive handwriting
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Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must teach cursive writing to students in grades three to five under a law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.
Cursive is making a comeback in New Jersey next fall! On Monday, Jan. 19, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new state law that mandates cursive instruction for grades three through five in all public schools, according to CBS News, ABC News and NJ.com .
As school-age children increasingly rely solely on digital devices for remote- and in-class learning, many K-12 school systems around the world are phasing out cursive handwriting and no longer mandate that kids learn how to write in longhand script.
âI like how my pencil feels on the paper when I write it,â Evi said from her classroom at Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington. âItâs very loopy.â Evi and her classmates are learning the art of cursive writing, the old-school style of writing ...
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Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a recent episode of âToday in Ohio,â with hosts sharing their ...
A third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at P.S.166 in the Queens borough of New York. Mary Altaffer AP With the governorâs signature (no doubt in cursive), California Assembly Bill 446 was passed this October, making cursive instruction in ...
As the world rapidly moves away from the need to write information by hand, there are still many U.S. states still teaching cursive instruction to American children. California and New Hampshire became the most recent states to pass legislation making ...
A bill that would make cursive instruction mandatory for New Jersey elementary school students is on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk. Will he sign it?
(WXYZ) â There's a big push to bring back cursive handwriting in Michigan. There are 21 states that have mandates for cursive to be taught in the classroom, but ...
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