As the new school year begins, all those little hands in elementary school are once again at the center of a fierce debate: Is cursive writing a skill that’s still worth teaching, or an out-of-date ...

Update, Dec. 20: Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 58 on Wednesday, which will create instructional materials on handwriting for Ohio schools. Previous reporting: COLUMBUS – Cursive is making a ...

In recent years schools have abolished handwriting lessons in place of computer keyboarding. But this week North Carolina became the latest state to veer back to tradition with the 'Back to Basics' ...

MONROE, La. – Gone are the days when second- and third-grade students spent hours mastering the technique needed to create the cursive alphabet and even more time learning to string those letters ...

My third-grade son is an anomaly. He actually enjoys a school subject, which — much to our chagrin — is being scrubbed from elementary schools nationwide. The subject in question is cursive ...

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, 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 ...

Cursive handwriting lessons, dropped by some Aurora public schools, will once again return to the classroom next school year. The handwriting instruction will be necessary for students to be able to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MENTOR, Ohio – Most people can sign their ...

The writing may be on the wall for something that used to be standard fare in our elementary schools. It turns out that the elegant script of cursive handwriting is barely being taught anymore. The ...

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.

Illinois lawmakers are considering a signature issue: Should the state require schools to teach students how to write in cursive? Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill that would have required schools to ...

When was the last time you opened your mailbox to find a beautifully handwritten letter? Probably not in the last week, or even decade. That might not be a good thing. New research shows that dropping ...