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New Jersey students to learn cursive in school

Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5.

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy ’s final acts.

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NJ elementary school students will learn cursive again

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New Jersey will now require cursive writing for some elementary school students

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Cursive writing classes made mandatory for New Jersey students grades 3-5

New Jersey public school students in the third, fourth and fifth grades will be taught cursive writing.

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WA bill could require cursive writing in schools

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New Jersey law will require cursive handwriting to be taught in schools

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National Handwriting Day; Do we need to teach cursive in schools again?

BUFFALO, N.Y. — January 23 is National Handwriting Day. The day was created in 1977 to promote the use of pens, pencils and paper. But in 2020, is learning how to write in cursive still important? Gone are the days that students had to take lessons in ...

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Cursive Writing Is Becoming Mandatory in New Jersey Public Schools. Here’s When the New Law Goes into Effect

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.

Sacramento Bee

Not just pretty handwriting: Cursive instruction improves cognition across subjects | Opinion

A third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at P.S.166 in the Queens borough of New York. Mary Altaffer AP With the governor’s signature (no doubt in cursive), California Assembly Bill 446 was passed this October, making cursive instruction in ...

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Meet the middle-schoolers keeping cursive alive, one swoop at a time

Sherisse Kenerson in Alexandria, Virginia, leads a club of sixth- through eighth-graders who want to know the art of looping and curving their letters together.

WXYZ

Bill aims to require Michigan schools to teach cursive handwriting

(WXYZ) — 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 ...

CNN

A New Jersey bill would require schoolchildren to be taught cursive handwriting

Should children be required to learn cursive? A New Jersey legislator says so. Assemblywoman Angela McKnight has introduced a bill that would require elementary schools to teach kids how to read and write in the graceful, flowing loops taught to previous ...

KQED

The Joys and Benefits of Handwriting — and Why We Should Keep It Alive in Schools | KQED

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to make sense of the news. Episodes drop Monday ...