PART II Nordic countries handed tablets to toddlers and called it early childhood education. Now they’re taking the tablets back, handing out pencils, and hoping nobody noticed. Meanwhile, the Global ...

The entertainment scene here is certain to feel the pinch due to the Middle East conflict, and petrol rationing. Tourism, a big part of the country’s economy, is taking a hit with fewer tourists ...

The 1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser arrived at the peak of Detroit’s chrome age, when subtlety ranked far below spectacle. As ...

Like it or not, cursive writing is returning to countless classrooms. At least half of the nation’s states have adopted policies requiring cursive writing instruction in recent years. That reverses a ...

Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light blue dotted and solid lines. But in many schools, that elementary ...

Lightning struck in New Jersey on Gov. Phil Murphy's final day in office. Progressives and conservatives alike jointly celebrated his signing S1783/A3865 into law, requiring that public schools teach ...

Learning cursive gives students ownership of their work. The Declaration of Independence was written in cursive. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to ...

Fifth-grade students at Edward L. Whigham Elementary School write their names on certificates on Nov. 14, 2024, in Cutler Bay. Sophia Bolivar sophiabolivar@outlook.com Over the weekend, I visited the ...

The fledgling Cursive Academy is now offering classes for senior citizens and people with special needs under a partnership with Travail With Us, a community-based nonprofit. Travail With Us ...

Pennsylvania has enacted a new law requiring elementary schools to teach cursive handwriting. Pennsylvania joins about 25 other states that have similar cursive instruction requirements. Supporters ...