A resident of Jersey City,New Jersey,McKnight received a bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix with a major in business management. She is the founder and chief executive officer of AngelaCARES,an advocacy and support organization for senior citizens.[1]
New Jersey General Assembly
Under the terms of a bill introduced by McKnight in the General Assembly in 2019,students would be required to demonstrate proficiency in the use of cursive handwriting,both reading and writing,by the end of the third grade. McKnight cited the bill as providing children with "a vital skill they will need for the rest of their lives",noting that without cursive skills "how will our students ever know how to read a scripted font on a word document,or even sign the back of a check".[2]
↑Rushing, Ellie. "New Jersey legislator introduces bill that would require students to learn cursive", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 3, 2019. Accessed December 4, 2019. "New Jersey’s elementary school students would be required to learn, read, and write cursive by the end of third grade, under a bill now in the state Assembly. “In some cases, children are entering middle school without knowing how to sign their own name in cursive,” said Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, a Democrat who represents parts of Hudson County."
↑Election profile: 31st Legislative District, NJ Spotlight News, January 25, 2024. "The retirement of Democratic Sen. Sandra Cunningham created a chain reaction, with Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, a Jersey City woman who founded and serves as CEO of an advocacy and support organization for senior citizens, running for Senate instead. She faces Republican Luis Soto, a business executive from Kearny."
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