Dr. Brisk has worked closely with K-8 schools to develop a genre-based writing program for their schools, preparing teachers and researching children’s writing development. Using a genre-based ...

Consequently, cursive writing instruction waned. But within the past decade, statewide cursive requirements have been trending upward. In 2016, 14 states required schools to teach cursive writing.

She recommended introducing a small group of letters and having students practice reading and writing words using them. White recommends teachers avoid asking students to spell words containing ...

A common core of subjects was arrived at, but handwriting was left out. Schools stopped teaching handwriting, and likewise, by 2011 teaching colleges stopped teaching teachers how to teach ...

An elementary school teacher smartly used food to teach her students a lesson. Kayleigh Sloan teaches a creative writing class to first and second-graders. To teach a valuable lesson about where ...

Most millennials and the generations before them spent time learning cursive handwriting in school. Why has that changed? Why is the teaching of it frowned upon in schools? What is the impact on ...

Ask students to anticipate their readers’ questions and address them within their writing. Teach students to present their main points early, rather than burying arguments in dense, convoluted prose.

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently updated its five-year-old guidance for school districts that want to teach handwriting and cursive. Some districts in Northeast Ohio are ...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce has spurred another debate on the worth of teaching cursive handwriting in the digital age by updating its five-year-old teaching guidance for ...

Handwriting was a prized art form that required formal training. During the 1800s and 1900s, chalkboards were commonly used to teach beginning handwriting skills. “In the 1900s, typically one to ...