Tag: school curriculum

  • Ohio Schools Could Soon Teach Students to Get Married Before Having Kids

    Ohio Schools Could Soon Teach Students to Get Married Before Having Kids

    A proposal moving through Ohio’s legislature is drawing attention for an unusual reason. Instead of focusing only on math, science, or history, it would require public schools to teach students that one particular sequence of life choices can improve their chances of avoiding poverty. The proposal has sparked debate across the state. Supporters describe it…

  • Florida Students Must Now Learn Cursive to Move On to Middle School

    Florida Students Must Now Learn Cursive to Move On to Middle School

    A skill that many people assumed had disappeared from classrooms is making an unexpected return across Florida. Starting this school year, thousands of public elementary school students will once again spend time practicing loops, curves, and handwritten signatures. The change comes under a new state law that requires students not only to learn cursive but…

  • More Bible in Texas Public Schools? The State Board of Education Debates

    More Bible in Texas Public Schools? The State Board of Education Debates

    Inside a hearing room in Austin, nearly 500 people had signed up to speak, and tempers were running high. At stake was a decision that could reshape what more than 5 million Texas schoolchildren read in their classrooms and how they learn the story of their own country. By the time the day was over,…