A 77-year-old who won an award for penmanship offers a compromise: Old folks teach kids how to write in cursive, and kids teach old folks how to use smartphones.

Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free ...

A bill is headed to the governor's desk that would require all Oklahoma public and charter schools to teach cursive writing to students in third through fifth grades. Right now, some schools teach ...

Educators often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone something that’s not mandated such as cursive handwriting.

Michigan's education department, under a new bill, may create a program for cursive writing to be taught in schools.

Schools would be required to teach students more cursive handwriting skills after the Assembly passed AB446. Bill now goes to California governor.

If passed, the law would require that school districts teach cursive writing starting in the second grade and continuing each grade through the fifth grade. Schools would have to “ensure that students ...

A state lawmaker from Pontiac wants to encourage more school districts to teach cursive writing. After State Representative Brenda Carter’s son passed away in 2019, she found a letter he wrote ...

California’s new commitment to teaching cursive handwriting in classrooms will help improve overall students cognition across subjects.

Failing to teach cursive handwriting can decrease not just kids' interest but also their success in pursuing a career in the trades.

Readers debate the value of having children learn to write in cursive. Also: San Francisco today; nuclear threats; child care; domestic burdens.