Is there room for cursive writing as we now begin the academic year in the not-so-hallowed halls of academe across America? Sure, but along with this kind of circus-act writing there is room, even ...

In 2013, the College Board did state that written essays that were in cursive did receive slightly higher scores than those that were printed, but it’s important to note that longer essays also tended ...

We humanities professors tend to demand more prose writing, our content is frequently more subjective, and an ability to take notes is essential. One unexpected consequence of cursive’s decline shows ...

New Generation Takes Up Art of Cursive Writing This year's SATs will require students to use a skill they can often ignore: penmanship. The test now includes an essay section, with no computers ...

Students should still learn cursive: View On National Handwriting Day, ... High school students still write essays in class and for college-entrance exams, and would do so more legibly in script.

Assembly Bill 446 would require cursive handwriting instruction in first through sixth grade. The bill comes from Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, a former public elementary school ...

FAUST: Well, I didn't mean my essay to be a call for the restoration of cursive. I think that's not happening. But I did want it to alert people to the fact that cursive is and almost has ...

Is it any surprise that cursive — the looped, curvaceous style of handwriting that's been a mainstay of education for generations — is all but dead?15 Weird Things We Do Everyday, and Why ...

In light of this, San Jose teachers gathered for a cursive workshop in the days following John Hancock’s Jan. 23 birthday, which is celebrated as National Handwriting Day.

Cursive handwriting takes patience, and teaching kids patience can have wonderful spin-off effects. Not everything we learned in past generations is as applicable today.

It’s fun Friday in Jill Davis’ third-grade classroom in Mechanicsburg. Students start their day playing a game that puts their cursive writing skills to the test. Called “here comes the ...

Cursive handwriting is again part of the California elementary school curriculum under a bill signed into law this month. Assembly Bill 446, sponsored by Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-La Palma), amends ...