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The increase of technology in classrooms is taking away core literacy skills from the next generation of Arizona students.

Florida's new cursive requirement makes handwriting mandatory for grades 3-5, with proficiency required before middle school.

Starting July 1, a new educational law in Florida will require public school students to learn and demonstrate proficiency in ...

Florida public school students in grades 3 through 5 will be required to learn cursive writing — and prove they’ve mastered it — when a new state law takes effect July 1. Gov. DeSantis signed the ...

It may sound archaic in today’s tech-centric classrooms, but researchers around the world are digging into the powerful effects of handwriting, revealing how the act of putting pen (or pencil) to ...

Melody Eichbauer grew up learning cursive in grade school and scribbling exam answers until her hand cramped well into her college years. Eichbauer, a professor of medieval, legal and ecclesiastical ...

Louisiana students will soon be taught under revised English language arts standards designed to strengthen reading and writing fundamentals, state education officials say. The Louisiana Board of ...

Florida will require cursive instruction for students in grades three through five. Proponents believe cursive helps with literacy, hand-eye coordination, and identifying learning disabilities. Some ...

A new Florida law aims to strengthen the teaching of cursive writing in public schools. The new cursive requirements are part of a sweeping education bill that was recently signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Missouri legislators are again pushing to make learning to write cursive mandatory for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Bigstock As I was taking notes for this column, I thought it ...