It makes documents poetic. It strengthens hand-eye coordination. And, hundreds of years ago, “it was a mark of an educated person.” That’s how Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, described cursive ...

A new bill in Minnesota aims to bring cursive handwriting back to elementary schools.

State Representative Dane Watro, one of the cosponsors of the Pennsylvania bill, argues that cursive “connects us to our history, strengthens learning and deepens our understanding of the world.” ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Students in second grade began a lesson on cursive writing without using paper or pencils. They stood up and started to recite: “down curve, under curve, over curve” while moving ...

When states in 2010 introduced the Common Core State Standards, which didn’t include cursive writing, most schools abandoned the flowy form of writing altogether. But cursive has begun making a ...

For many years, cursive writing was a rite of passage in American elementary schools, marking the transition from block letters to something more fluid and mature. The script was full of ceremony, and ...

Wall Street Journal opinion editors Mary Julia Koch and Emma Camp debate the necessity of teaching cursive in classrooms on ...

Education has been criticized in recent years — decades, really — for not teaching children how to think so much as teaching ...

Educators in two upper Northumberland County school districts are ahead of the curve that some schools will be rounding to meet Pennsylvania’s new law mandating that cursive handwriting be taught in ...

Educators in two upper Northumberland County school districts are ahead of the curve which some schools will be rounding to ...