Two and a half years ago, I presented a carefully thought-out argument for not requiring schools to teach cursive, calling it the equivalent of teaching about slide rules. I expected praise for my ...

In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills. However, ...

A bill that would require elementary school students in New Jersey to learn how to read and write cursive has gained the backing of state Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin. “Great idea,” Coughlin, ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- If cursive writing is a lost art, Debbie Younger may be the modern-day “Indiana Jones" of penmanship. The Fountain grandmother is on a new crusade to bring back ...

In the fall of 2014, a piece of news caused quite a stir in the education community. One of the societies most renowned for its quality educational environment, Finland, was going to eliminate the ...

Most of us have heard the phrase: “You write like a doctor.” That means an individual’s penmanship is so sloppy that it’s difficult to read. Doctors have a reputation for poor penmanship but not to ...

STAUNTON — A few weeks ago one of the reporters at The News Leader received an envelope from someone with a story idea. She opened it and realized it was a handwritten letter in cursive. Her first ...

As schools in Northeast Pennsylvania cut back on teaching cursive handwriting, the Lackawanna County Children’s Library will focus on both reading and writing the style of penmanship. Starting in ...

This article was originally published in Indiana Capital Chronicle. A new statewide survey shows that although most Hoosier kids attending private schools are continuing to learn cursive, far fewer ...

CRITICS ARE CALLING THE BILL OUTDATED. >> THERE ARE 59 AYES, 39 NO'S’ THE BILL IS PASSED. >> WITH AN ASSEMBLY VOTE TUESDA SY,TATE LAWMAKERS PUSHED TO KEEP CURSIVE WRITING ALIVE. >> IF WE KNOW IT HELPS ...

LANSING, MI – State Rep. Brenda Carter held up a letter from her late son, Brian, who wrote when he was 9 years old that he wanted to be a police officer. Brian grew up to be an Army veteran, the ...

The forgotten art of cursive writing — speedily putting words to paper in flowing connected letters — received a major blow almost a decade ago. Teaching the skill in grade school was dropped from the ...