New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the most recent states to require schools to teach kids old fashioned handwriting ...

In addition to learning to sign their name or read greeting cards from grandparents, children practicing cursive writing hone ...

Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary, then walked through the motions of how to write a ...

When states in 2010 introduced the Common Core State Standards, which didn’t include cursive writing, most schools abandoned the flowy form of writing altogether. But cursive has begun making a ...

Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old witness who took the stand in the recent case against George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin, stunned many when she admitted she couldn't read cursive. But ...

We need cursive in classrooms to preserve civic literacy for future generations. | Opinion ...

Cursive writing lessons will be back in Pennsylvania classrooms after state lawmakers passed legislation requiring its ...

The flow of motion from putting pencil to paper and writing in cursive strengthens cognitive development and fosters fine ...

"It's much more likely that keyboarding will help students succeed in careers and in school than it is that cursive will," said Morgan Polikoff, assistant professor of K-12 policy and leadership at ...

Pennsylvania schools are required to teach cursive handwriting under a new law. Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on social media Wednesday that, using his "best cursive," he signed House Bill 17 into law. ...

Shapiro signs bill that requires teaching cursive writing in schools ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday signed a bill that will require a cursive handwriting curriculum in all Pennsylvania public schools. “I’m definitely rusty, but I think my penmanship was okay!” Shapiro ...