Teachers often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone cursive handwriting.

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.

“I was so excited to learn how to write in cursive in elementary school,” said Jayme Rost, a second-grade teacher at West Point Elementary in Greensburg.

Cursive has been making a comeback in U.S. classrooms, with research showing its benefits for learning. But not everyone supports its instruction in an increasingly digital age with an already ...

In a world where most people text and email, cursive handwriting just isn't a skill everyone needs to know.

In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.

A New Jersey lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring elementary schools in the state to teach students how to read and write in cursive by the end of third grade.

Cursive writing was so yesterday in California, but in 2024 it’s back in class About half of students aren’t being taught cursive, but this year it will be required ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- Cursive handwriting could be making a comeback in New Jersey. Assemblywoman Angela McKnight has introduced a bill that would require elementary school students to ...

Benefits of handwriting The increased interest in cursive handwriting likely stems from effort by policymakers to improve the literacy performance of K-12 students across the country.