Cursive returns to New Jersey classrooms under new state law
6abc Philadelphia • • nation
Key Points:
- New Jersey has passed a law mandating cursive instruction for students in grades 3 to 5, starting this fall.
- The initiative was one of the final acts by Governor Phil Murphy before leaving office.
- The law aims to equip students with skills to read historical documents and perform practical tasks like signing checks.
- Governor Murphy highlighted the cognitive benefits of learning cursive and linked it to the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States.
- Public schools are required to ensure students can write cursive legibly and read it fluently.
