Recently, my 8 ... grade students scored proficient or above. Philadelphia’s numbers were worse, with just 19% of fourth grade students scoring proficient or above. Why might cursive make ...

We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. Cursive instruction sidelined. In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a ...

(The Conversation) — Recently, my 8-year-old son received ... and reading development, cursive handwriting continues to have social importance. It is often used to sign formal documents via ...

Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards. Recently, my 8-year-old son ... only 31% of fourth grade students scored ...

Concerns over students not knowing how to form signatures has prompted one local group to question whether the state’s ...

For the last 17 years a Northwoods middle school has a tradition for its eighth grade students who are moving onto high ...

On May 23, the beautiful sanctuary of St. Patrick Catholic Church was filled with joy and pride as the community gathered to celebrate the graduation of the eighth-grade students and the promotions of ...

Cazenovia, N.Y. – If there was any indication that Marcellus’ eighth-grade pitcher Kendall LaManche wasn’t ready for varsity and filling the shoes of last year’s All-CNY small school ...

Winners were recently named as the 2025 recipients of the ninth annual DeWitt Awards as the top public and private school 8th grade athletes in Chatham County. David DeWitt started the awards ...

Act 602 requires ballot titles be at no higher than an eighth grade reading level. That’s determined by running text through the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability Test, designed by the Navy ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...