A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head ...

A proposal requiring testing for Florida students’ cursive writing ability passed its second House committee Thursday, the ...

New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...

New Jersey is bringing cursive back to schools. According to a new bill, all third, fourth, and fifth-grade students in the ...

Public schools must teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it, under a bill signed by Gov.

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A ...

Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...

Well, it’s finally over. My stint as a seventh grade English Language Arts co-teacher has come to an end, but not without a Finale. For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about ...

Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the flourishes, the art and the discipline that go into writing “longhand.” (Does anybody use that word anymore?) My late ...