To understand why cursive writing seems to be a dying art, you have to go all the way back to…well, only 2007, actually. It ...

Laura Miller, director of curriculum at Butler Area School District, said she’s seen how children nowadays can’t read cursive ...

I'm thrilled to see cursive handwriting in the news and in the classroom. Even better, the headlines agree with what I ...

Cursive is making a comeback in Pennsylvania classrooms this April under a new state law. Why it matters: Spending valuable ...

When Jack Lew was nominated to be Treasury secretary in 2013, President Barack Obama joked that as a condition of the appointment, Lew would have to learn to sign his name more legibly. The ...

When it comes to written communications, before the advent of smartphones, texting and computers, cursive was the way to go. Examples of cursive writing date back to the time of the Romans, but like ...

Florida lawmakers have approved new legislation requiring elementary school students to be proficient in reading and writing ...

Common Core standards do not call for cursive instruction as mandatory part of curriculum At least 41 states do not require public schools to teach cursive reading or writing The standards promote ...

Pennsylvania was among many states that ditched cursive writing as a mandatory subject in 2010 when they adopted Common Core ...

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 ...