Many states had removed the instruction from the school curriculum in 2010 during the adoption of the Common Core standards.

Known as House Bill 17, the legislation requires cursive handwriting to be taught in all Pennsylvania schools.

I made biscuits and muffins to take to a senior morning group. I wanted them to stay warm, but I didn’t have a heating tray ...

I just have to comment about the lack of needing to teach cursive writing in the letter as described by the retired educator from Montana. No wonder our ...

A new state law requires teaching cursive writing in elementary schools starting in September. Some educators aren't happy ...

In one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new state law that mandates cursive instruction for grades three through five in all public schools "We owe it to our students to give them a ...

New Jersey is flipping the script and ordering its public schools to bring back cursive writing starting next fall. In one of his final acts as governor, Phil Murphy on Monday signed legislation ...

New Jersey public school students in the third, fourth and fifth grades will be taught cursive writing. That proposal was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy Monday on his last full day as the Garden ...

The New York Times features the expertise of Tamara Plakins Thornton in an article about the return of cursive instruction in New Jersey public schools.

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed Monday ...

A bill that would make cursive instruction mandatory for New Jersey elementary school students is on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk. Will he sign it?

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