New Hampshire senators are set to debate whether cursive and multiplication tables should be required in public school classrooms as schools adopt new standards and incorporate more typing into ...

North Carolina legislators say they want public schools to get "back to basics" by ensuring they teach cursive writing and rote multiplication in elementary school.

In lots of school systems around the country, cursive writing and multiplication tables have gone the way of the encyclopedia. But in North Carolina, one bill would change that. Updated: 8:22 AM ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Cursive and multiplication will become mandatory subjects taught in New Hampshire schools, after Governor Chris Sununu signed House Bill 170 into law this week. The law requires ...

Public school students in North Carolina would have to be taught cursive handwriting and be required to memorize multiplication tables under a bill that passed the House Education Committee ...

Why times tables and cursive writing still matter for school children As school goes back for another year, educators defend the relevance of two traditional skills they say remain key in the age ...

March 5, 2015 / 2:27 PM EST / CBS Boston CONCORD, N.H. (CBS/AP) — Senators have passed a bill requiring public schools to continue teaching cursive and multiplication tables.

New Hampshire bill requires cursive, multiplication tables By KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press | Posted - March 5, 2015 at 4:11 p.m.