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 ...

By order of New Jersey state law, DeVicaris is about to teach the children of Florence Township their next lesson in the lost art of cursive. “Doooown,” says DeVicaris, 24, demonstrating the first ...

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 ...

Recently, I found my 3 rd grade class picture with cursive letters above the blackboard. A while back, our grandson asked grandma to teach him to write cursive. This summer, I read a piece by Rick ...

Parents dismayed by the sorry state of penmanship, take heart: A decade and a half after most states stopped requiring cursive in public schools, instruction is making a comeback. More than a dozen ...

I want to be able to read ancient documents myself and experience the real voices of that time! The moment many people open an image of an ancient document with that thought in mind, they scream like ...

Have you ever "just finished" your homework or practice because you wanted to go play quickly? In first-grade classrooms, this behavior is often seen during penmanship or notebook time. The central ...