Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why.

According to Abigail Soriano-Lentz, an English language arts curriculum coordinator for the East Side Union High School District in San Jose, California, cursive writing had not been part of the ...

It comes as good news to see that a local lawmaker’s proposal to require cursive handwriting to be taught in Pennsylvania’s ...

“Sometimes we can’t make a signature out whether it is in cursive or not,” she said. Research on the importance of cursive writing is mixed.

Georgia classrooms reintroduce cursive writing for students from third to fifth grade, making it part of assessed coursework.

My own experience with cursive writing could have been traumatizing, had kids of the 1960s been as aware of the Trauma-Over-Everything-Syndrome that proliferates today. The teacher assumed we were ...

“But we do.” The English Standards of Learning in Virginia for grade two includes the ability for students to "maintain legible printing and begin to make the transition to cursive." The standards say ...

It's not a stellar idea, but it's not the worst thing to happen in our schools, either. In fact, until recently, cursive writing had been taught in American schools for the past 300 years or so.

Cursive is somewhat of a lost art, but is it easy to retain? We asked 11 adults to try writing a sentence -- no Googling allowed.

Kedron Elementary students were honored for their cursive writing prowess with a John Hancock Banner and Proficiency Ribbon.

A fifth grader in New Jersey is a master of curlicues and connecting loops. His technique is so good he was named a state and national champion of a dying art: cursive writing, a skill that once ...

California students will have to go old-school when it comes to penmanship. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Oct. 13 requiring that cursive writing be taught in the state’s schools.