Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation mandating cursive instruction in New Jersey schools. Was it really worth it?

NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

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I just have to comment about the lack of needing to teach cursive writing in the letter as described by the retired educator ...

While working through new national education standards, known as Common Core, North Carolina legislators want to make sure students don’t miss out on “the basics.” The Common Core standards were ...

Known as House Bill 17, the legislation requires cursive handwriting to be taught in all Pennsylvania schools.

It’s a familiar refrain. Parents lament that technology is turning good, legible handwriting into a lost art form for their kids. In response, lawmakers in state after state — particularly in the ...

Starting in the 1970s, and under the recent implementation of the Common Core, a former pillar of elementary education has been largely forgotten. But there’s a feeling that learning cursive still has ...

COLUMBIA — A bill requiring South Carolina’s school districts to teach students how to write in cursive by fifth grade advanced on Tuesday in the House. An 8-0 vote sent the bill to the full Education ...

Last week, elementary school students returned to the classroom in Archdale, N.C., with a new subject on the mandatory agenda: cursive writing. It’s a debate that has been simmering among experts, ...