If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.

Sen. Jean Leising once again wants cursive writing to be a required curriculum in every public, charter and state-accredited private elementary school in Indiana. Such instruction hasn’t been required ...

Entering a national debate, freshman Louisiana Sen. Beth Mizell wants to require public schools to teach cursive writing, starting in August. “I have people who tell me they got a thank-you note and ...

Have your children ever approached you and asked, “How/why do you write like that? I wish I knew how to do that.” We have. We’re talking about cursive writing, a skill that went by the wayside more ...

What do the U.S. Constitution, birthday cards and your signature have in common? They’re (likely) all in cursive. However, becoming fluent in this form of penmanship, once the hallmark of a good ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — If you are over the age of thirty, chances are you were taught cursive writing in school And since 2008 handwriting has not been required learning in South Carolina classrooms.

For 30 minutes each day, Mikayla Blalock’s fourth grade students at Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School in Monroe County focus on what some consider a lost art in the digital age: cursive writing.

School District 51 does not include cursive writing in its curriculum, and handwriting standards are sparse, with Colorado educational standards requiring direct instruction only from preschool to ...

RICHMOND >> We had a penmanship teacher in junior high who wore the same dress every day for the middle half of the year. At either end of our days of making careful letters on lined paper, she wore ...

Are you a superhero? You might be if you can read cursive. And just like those superheroes in comic books and movies, those powers are needed more than ever. Queue the spotlight. The National Archives ...