The decline of formal penmanship has no doubt pained old-fashioned letter writers everywhere, but it poses a particular ...

Compulsory cursive writing has been tucked into dozens of pages that describe the standards for English in elementary school. The state board approved the revised standards in a 13-1 vote in May 2023.

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

That's already been the practice since 2011 when Indiana adopted Common Core State Standards that required keyboarding instruction instead of cursive writing.

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

Two lawmakers have introduced bills that would require students to learn cursive handwriting in Missouri schools.

The absence of cursive practice in schools may inadvertently hinder these cognitive benefits, leading to a generation that struggles with foundational writing skills.

However, the practice has come back in the last decade. As of writing, 24 states have laws requiring students to learn cursive.

A bill that requires all Oklahoma public and charter schools to teach cursive writing to students in third through fifth grades has been signed into law.

Kentucky Senate Bill 167 passed 37-1 in the Senate, and if passed by both chambers, would change the state’s writing standard by including a requirement for cursive.