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Michigan Rep. Brenda Carter introduced a bill to mandate cursive writing instruction in schools, emphasizing its value in understanding historical documents and cognitive benefits.
The American Philosophical Society in Old City is using AI to transcribe thousands of Revolutionary-era documents.
Cursive, which will perform Tuesday at the Lucky You Lounge, is playing its breakthrough release, 2000’s “Domestica” front to back. The initial plan was to tour behind the album in 2020 but ...
Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why.
Quinn Coffman says reading the note "took a bit," but he learned cursive in the second grade in St. Louis, Missouri, from Mrs ...
A Michigan lawmaker is continuing to push for students to learn to read and write cursive in schools. Rep. Brenda Carter, D-Pontiac, introduced House Bill 4675, which would require the Michigan ...
Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In Louisiana, cursive is legally required to be taught in public schools.
Re “What’s the Point of Teaching Cursive?,” by John McWhorter (Opinion, nytimes.com, Dec. 13): The idea that most cursive documents will be “transliterated into print” is fine until you ...
A bill for it to be taught in schools heads to the state Senate after passing last week in the House by a 195-8 margin.