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For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about cursive writing. Like Latin, it’s a dead language — er, lost art — and I was determined to resurrect it. The students completed ...
Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.
Whether your kids are native Spanish speakers, students learning Spanish in school, or just lovers of a good story, they'll find a lot to enjoy in these bilingual books. Some offer a few Spanish words ...
Dave Zirin Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin This week, we speak to Jeanne Theoharis, author of the groundbreaking new book King of the North ...
If you have a child in the Philadelphia School District, chances are they have not been taught how to read or write cursive either. We also want to know how learning cursive affects the ...
For anyone interested in learning about cursive handwriting and teaching it to their children or students, the Iowa Reading Research Center will release a free online course and curricula called ...