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Jersey City Lawmaker's Bill Would Require NJ Students To Learn Cursive Jersey City Lawmaker's Bill Would Require NJ Students To Learn Cursive
Jersey City Lawmaker's Bill Would Require NJ Students To Learn Cursive An assemblywoman from Hudson County has introduced legislation that would require schools to teach students to read and write in cursive, the style of penmanship once taught universally but that has fallen out of favor in an age when most written communication is generated by keyboard.  The bill introduced by Angela McKnight, a Jersey City Democrat, would require elementary schools to include cursive in the curriculum. Students would be expected to be proficient by the end of third grade.  Cursive was dropped from state Common Core standards nearly a decade ago, but proponents cit…

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by Paul Milo
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Alyssa's Law: Panic Alarms May Go In New Jersey Schools Alyssa's Law: Panic Alarms May Go In New Jersey Schools
Alyssa's Law: Panic Alarms May Go In New Jersey Schools A proposed bill to install panic alarms and red emergency lights in New Jersey schools honors former Woodcliff Lake teen Alyssa Alhadeff who died in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. The bill (A-764) was passed Monday by the Assembly Education Committee in Trenton. "Alyssa's Law" requires all public elementary and secondary schools be equipped with a panic alarm for use in a school security emergencies including evacuations, lockdowns or active shooter situations. The alarm would be an addition to existing security systems. A gr…

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by Cecilia Levine