Starting April 12, all public and private schools in Pennsylvania must reintroduce cursive handwriting into their curriculum.

My college degree is in Liberal Studies with a concentration in English Literature and Psychology, so there was a lot of writing involved. I was thrilled when I earned an A on my papers after long ...

Pennsylvania students will soon join a growing number of their peers nationwide practicing the looping, connected script of cursive writing—part of a broader national revival of the once-standard ...

In today’s classrooms, pens and exercise books are increasingly having to make way for screens and keyboards. Does technology help pupils write as efficiently?

When states in 2010 introduced the Common Core State Standards, which didn’t include cursive writing, most schools abandoned the flowy form of writing altogether. But cursive has begun making a ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago in Pennsylvania, the Declaration of Independence was written and signed in cursive. Now, schools across the commonwealth are mandated to teach that style of handwriting ...

Lightning struck in New Jersey on Gov. Phil Murphy's final day in office. Progressives and conservatives alike jointly celebrated his signing S1783/A3865 into law, requiring that public schools teach ...

We all know that handwriting practice is a great way to improve our writing skills. But, did you know that it can also improve your mental health in unexpected ways? By focusing on the act of writing, ...

Research has shown that handwriting instruction and literacy acquisition are inextricably linked. In fact, over half of the states in the U.S. have reinstated cursive as a mandatory part of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I never liked writing by hand. Growing up, I envied the girls in my class whose squeezably round printed letters strung together ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Third graders in Iowa will begin their second year of cursive handwriting education this school year due to a June 2024 change to the state education board’s requirements. In ...