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The 180 13:21 Is it time to write off cursive writing? Recent policy decisions in Toronto, and the province of B.C. have people debating whether we still need to teach cursive writing in schools.
A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.
Cursive is making a comeback — and typing, too — as part of a major revamp of the province’s elementary school curriculum. Starting this fall, Ontario students will learn how to write in ...
The boy likes to write – he’s already penned a book about zombies at the Learning Space – and improving his handwriting has helped him express himself according to his mother, Cheryl-Anne Cait.
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I learned to read and write in Brampton, Ont., in the 1990s, when cursive was technically still part of the curriculum – but I was never taught how to write in script.
Cursive writing will return as a requirement in the classroom beginning this fall. Senate Bill 167, passed in 2024, ensures ...
Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, it is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.