With the advancement of technology, some old practices are starting to become fashionable or even go viral. Take handwriting, ...

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...

New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...

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As one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back ...

Starting next school year, New Jersey elementary students will once again learn cursive writing, a move inspired by research ...

Incorporating handwriting lessons can have numerous benefits for older students—here’s how to get them started.

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 ...

The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting new ...

Kate Gladstone is the founder of Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works and the director of the World Handwriting Contest. April 30, 2013 Handwriting matters, but not cursive. The fastest, clearest ...

As the new school year begins, all those little hands in elementary school are once again at the center of a fierce debate: Is cursive writing a skill that’s still worth teaching, or an out-of-date ...