These standards outlined the general goals teachers were expected to reach at the end of each academic year in language arts and mathematics. Cursive was not among one of these goals. My classmates ...

These included the federal Common Core guidelines, which have recommended requirements for subjects such as math and reading. At that time, the board also changed the cursive proficiency ...

In 1850, cursive writing was first introduced widely ... Standards outlined specific skills in English/language arts and mathematics in an effort to bring some national cohesion to K-12 instruction.

But is cursive like riding a bike or do we forget it instantly like virtually anything we learned in high school math? To find out, we asked 11 adults with varying degrees of cursive experience to ...

LOUIS — In 2010, more than 40 states adopted the same standards for English and math called the Common Core ... Common Core does not include cursive in the recommended curriculum.

Teacher Bertha Robles said she hears chatter during other independent lessons, like math, but focus reigns during cursive. “They’re very into it,” she said. “It’s something new to them.” ...

Now cursive instruction will be considered required learning in California, like English and math. Quirk-Silva told The Sacramento Bee that the goal is for students to be able to read and write in ...

Said Barnes. Teachers are also still adjusting to carve out time in their curriculum to teach cursive. “When you have so many other things: reading, writing, math, within your curriculum ...