HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive. Existing ...

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...

Who needs a pencil and paper when we can just type or generate whatever text we need to? Actually, New Jersey students will, ...

This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...

A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.Twice a week, Terrell and Chelsea Wittington teach young students how to write ...

ST. LOUIS — In 2010, more than 40 states adopted the same standards for English and math called the Common Core standards. Missouri and Illinois are among the states that have adopted the guidelines.

As one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back ...

The bill requires cursive instruction for students in grades 2 through 5.

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

Why aren’t students being taught cursive writing? Karissa Lazar asked at a recent meeting of Hazleton Area School Board. “That’s a great question,” Superintendent Brian Uplinger replied. “It’s a lost ...

Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.

Elementary school students in New Jersey will start to learn cursive again after Governor Phil Murphy signed a new bill into ...