Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...

The bill requires cursive instruction for students in grades 2 through 5.

Who needs a pencil and paper when we can just type or generate whatever text we need to? Actually, New Jersey students will, ...

This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...

ST. LOUIS — In 2010, more than 40 states adopted the same standards for English and math called the Common Core standards. Missouri and Illinois are among the states that have adopted the guidelines.

Elementary school students in New Jersey will start to learn cursive again after Governor Phil Murphy signed a new bill into ...

As one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back ...

Why aren’t students being taught cursive writing? Karissa Lazar asked at a recent meeting of Hazleton Area School Board. “That’s a great question,” Superintendent Brian Uplinger replied. “It’s a lost ...

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, ...

A new bill that requires first through sixth graders to learn cursive was signed into law last week by Gov. Gavin Newsom, KTLA reported. Assembly Bill 446, introduced by Assemblywoman Sharon ...

Commentary: We wrote book reports. Essays. Love notes. Cursive was our only mode of written communication in school once we ...