Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.
Students currently learn cursive between third and fifth grade. If House Bill 127 becomes law, students will begin learning ...
Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...
In an age where screens dominate classrooms and workplaces, handwriting might seem like a relic of the past. But research shows that putting pen to paper plays a crucial role in literacy development. ...
The bill would have students from 2nd to 5th grade learn how to write in cursive and then be tested on what they learned at ...
A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.Twice a week, Terrell and Chelsea Wittington teach young students how to write ...
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The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce has spurred another debate on the worth of teaching cursive handwriting in the digital age by updating its five-year-old teaching guidance for ...
New Jersey's public schools must by law teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it.
The lower chamber voted 111 to 0 in favor of the legislation ( HB 127 ). But as also was the case in 2025, the aspirational ...