I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...
For years, Missouri lawmakers have tried to make teaching cursive a requirement, but concerns regarding technology and ...
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages ...
A new bill making its way through the New Jersey state legislature could require public schools to teach cursive writing from kindergarten through 5th grade. Supporters argue that cursive helps with ...
Do you want something challenging to tackle? Can you read cursive handwriting? If so, the National Archives and the National Park Service are collaborating for the Revolutionary War Pension Files ...
One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship once considered a common skill. While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to ...
In 2010, the newly established Common Core State Standards program, which outlines skills and knowledge students should acquire between kindergarten and high school, did not include cursive in its ...
This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I wasn’t good at ...
Get a read on this. The National Archives is seeking volunteers who can read cursive to help transcribe more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog, saying the skill is a “superpower.” ...
But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Americans who never learned cursive in school. That’s why the National Archives is looking for volunteers who can help ...
In the past, most American students began learning to write in cursive in third grade, making it a rite of passage, said Jaime Cantrell, a professor of English at Texas A&M University - Texarkana ...
But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life. In the past, most American students began learning to write in cursive in third grade, making it a rite of passage, said Jaime Cantrell, a ...