Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In ...

Cursive writing faded out when states adopted the “Common Core State Standard”, also known as the CCSS, rolled out in 2010. The goal for common core was to make K-12 education more cohesive ...

A bill for it to be taught in schools heads to the state Senate after passing last week in the House by a 195-8 margin.

Last week, the Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would require cursive handwriting to be taught in all public and private ...

GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- The Cursive Academy just launched in Gary. It seeks to teach the classroom classic that's not always ...

Georgia's English Language Arts standards have been changed, adding a classic yet controversial subject: Cursive writing. Who will learn it? When? Why?

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

Moving forward, handwriting instruction for grades 1 to 6 is to include writing “in cursive or joined italics in the appropriate grade levels,” the law states. Advertisement The directive ...

The idea behind this, at least implicitly, is that so much writing now takes place on the keyboard that cursive, designed for handwriting, is no longer essential.

To teach cursive handwriting, or not to teach it, is a topic that can divide, but recently updated educational guidance in Ohio comes down on the side of teaching cursive handwriting.