Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words— mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like—that don’t convey any information about the topic of the ...

Writing by hand strengthens memory, improves spelling and helps build a deeper understanding of a language, making it a ...

Idaho Governor Brad Little signed a bill into law on Wednesday that will require students in Idaho to be proficient at reading and writing in cursive by the end of 5th grade.

Lawmakers are finally moving to change the way student achievement has been measured in Wisconsin schools. They passed a bill requiring the state Department of Public Instruction to return to […] ...

Bill would further restrict cell phone use and require cursive instruction for younger students. Another proposal would nix ...

As part of the latest Legislative kerfuffle, a couple of new bills aim to bring required topics into the classroom.

The House Student Academic Success Subcommittee unanimously advanced a bill 17-0 on Tuesday that would require cursive handwriting instruction in schools for st ...

A new Florida bill would require some elementary school students to learn cursive writing. The bill, HB 921, would require all public schools to provide cursive writing ...

The Idaho Legislature has passed a bill that would require all Idaho students to be proficient at reading and writing in cursive by the end of 5th grade. The bill will now be sent to Governor Brad ...

During this legislative session, the House Student Academic Success Subcommittee will consider proposed legislation requiring ...

When students engage multiple senses to learn—drawing or acting out a concept, for example—they’re more likely to remember ...

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Arthur W. Crossland Jr. of Columbia, South Carolina, triggered a mine in France on March 15, 1945, ...