About 75 percent of second- and third-grade teachers continue to include cursive instruction in their curriculum despite concerns that the artful writing is on the decline, according to a new ...

For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about cursive writing. Like Latin, it’s a dead language — er, lost art — and I was determined to resurrect it. The students completed ...

Because cursive required a level of fine-motor skills not typically accessible before third grade, printing was embraced as a way to get younger children to express themselves through writing.

Teachers learn the system’s expectations in training meetings: Students should learn manuscript writing (printing) in kindergarten and first grade, and cursive at some point in second grade.

Schools can purchase Zaner-Bloser cursive writing instructional materials, and only some of the district’s schools opt to use that resource. For 32 years, the Columbus, Ohio-based company had ...

Many historical documents, famous diaries and letters and family histories are penned in cursive, said said. “Many of our private schools teach cursive writing ... to her 3rd grade class ...

Cursive handwriting instruction is returning to elementary school classrooms in New York City. Schools chancellor Carmen Fariña has committed to include cursive writing in third-grade curriculum ...

In 2014, the legislature mandated that students in public schools in South Carolina be proficient in reading and writing cursive by the end of fifth grade. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Students in South ...