Amanda Stedke, vice president of product development at Zaner-Bloser in Grandview Heights, Ohio, said many schools in the U.S. have removed cursive writing from curricula. "Kids who are not ...

Then a generation of Americans skipped this rite of passage as teaching cursive writing was phased out of the curriculum, making it one of 9 school subjects that you took that your kids won’t ...

Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to follow the curvy ...

In 1850, cursive writing was first introduced widely in schools, developed “based on fluid movements observed in nature,” according to the National Museum of American History. The irony is ...

Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child in the Philadelphia School District, chances are they have not been taught how to read or write cursive either. But cursive handwriting is making a ...

elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law. Let's take a moment now for a little writing challenge. Take out a pen and paper and ...

In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills.

“You want to make it nice and neat.” Cursive writing is included in the curriculum at Indian Mills School in Shamong, where students begin learning it in third grade. Although it is not ...

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 ...

“It’s very loopy.” Evi and her classmates are learning the art of cursive writing, the old-school style of writing defined by flair and flourishes that are absent in block printing. It ...

Indiana Senator Jean Leising started a fight to put cursive writing back in schools nearly 13 years ago and despite repeated disappointment she's refused to give up. Every year for more than a ...

House Bill 921 passed its final reading in the House on Wednesday, which mandates that all public schools provide cursive writing instruction to students in grades 2 - 5. The Lighthouse Paper ...