Ron Ruef (Nonpartisan) and Linda Shepard (Nonpartisan) ran in the general election for Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees Trustee Area 7 on November 3, 2026. Linda will emphasize ...

Democrat Michaela Conway and Republican Angie Eberspacher are competing in District 5, which includes parts of Lincoln. The State Board of Education sets state education policy and regulations and ...

In Shannon Bailey’s kindergarten class at North East Elementary School, students were learning how to read and write with ...

Here's our guide on how to use a knife sharpener. A knife is perhaps the most useful tool for anyone who loves the outdoors, and learning how to sharpen a knife is an important skill that will take ...

Who ever said you need a slick classroom, a spotless whiteboard, or piles of brand-new workbooks just to teach little kids ...

In this modern age where most daily communication is completed via smartphones and computers, have you ever experienced the panic of being asked to write something by hand in a sudden moment? Worries ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Parents dismayed by the sorry state of penmanship, take heart: A decade and a half after most states ...

Angelina Jolie has spent decades getting attention for her movies, humanitarian work, and unmistakable red-carpet style. Now, something far more ordinary has put the Oscar winner at the center of a ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The 2026-2027 school year sees a clear win for cursive advocates, with 27 states now ...

Cursive’s comeback in U.S. public schools continues, even as the digital age reaches new heights and some question whether teaching cursive is a waste of time. More than half of all U.S. states now ...

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. Until the early 20th century, children in the U.S. were generally taught to write in cursive ...

Colleen Endrizzi fondly recalls when she first experienced the “lost language” as a homeschooled kindergartener. She learned it side by side with manuscript writing, a style in which letters are ...