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

Remember all the loops, curls, and swirls involved with learning how to write in cursive? Well, movies aren't the only thing that can be rebooted. Cursive has been made part of the ELA Standards' ...

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

Students in New Jersey will soon learn cursive in school, thanks to a law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.

In one of his final acts in office, Gov. Philip D. Murphy signed a bill on Monday requiring third, fourth and fifth graders ...

Public schools must teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it, under a bill signed by Gov.

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...

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

California has enacted a law requiring schools to teach cursive writing. For years, learning cursive was considered an outdated and unnecessary skill, but the heavy reliance on technology has led to a ...

Two Florida Republicans filed a bill that would require elementary school students to learn cursive. A Florida House ...

Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she's ready to follow the curvy ups and ...