New Jersey mandates cursive instruction in all districts by 2026–27. Gov. Murphy cites history & cognitive benefits. Click ...

Texas schools will soon return to widespread cursive instruction, and that might prove underwhelming to advocates and opponents alike. Much like the overhead projectors of classrooms past, cursive has ...

Over the past decade or so, something big has been happening in public schools throughout the United States: Instruction in cursive writing has all but disappeared, cut from curricula as schools bring ...

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / ...

HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive.

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy Monday makes cursive instruction mandatory ...