New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the most recent states to require schools to teach kids old fashioned handwriting ...

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

A Minnesota senator is pushing a bill to require cursive handwriting in schools, citing cognitive benefits and historical ...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – One of the nation’s best cursive writers isn’t someone who has been writing for decades. In fact, he hasn’t even been writing for a decade. Levi McCamish from Henderson, ...

Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - In an age when typing and texting are the main forms of communication, cursive has become almost a lost art. However, 91-year-old Marilyn Harrer is back in the classroom, teaching ...

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But her 13-year-old big sister may have to learn it on her own – there’s no provision for schools to add cursive instruction for older kids who missed out. Wynn said his older daughter Dahlia found it ...

A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.Twice a week, Terrell and Chelsea Wittington teach young students how to write ...

Pennsylvania is joining about 25 other states — including Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware — in requiring cursive instruction.