NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On the final day of his term, former Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill requiring public schools to teach cursive handwriting. Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, ...

Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a celebratory dessert, the teenager is often summoned to pipe a fancy “happy birthday” ...

Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that's not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language ...

Halle O'Brien writes during after-school cursive club, held by teacher Sherisse Kenerson, at Holmes Middle School in Alexandria, Va. In Sherisse Kenerson’s after-school classroom, Sandi takes out a ...

Twenty-seven states now have laws mandating or encouraging cursive instruction in public schools—up from only 14 a decade ago. Proponents believe cursive is an important life skill that has ...

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 ...

Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light blue dotted and solid lines. But in many schools, that elementary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light ...

Fifth-grade students at Edward L. Whigham Elementary School write their names on certificates on Nov. 14, 2024, in Cutler Bay. Sophia Bolivar sophiabolivar@outlook.com Over the weekend, I visited the ...

Patience Gozaydin, 7, a second grade student at Frankstown Elementary practices cursive writing Thursday in Ann Franco’s class. Mirror photo by Cynthia Wise The flow of motion from putting pencil to ...

Act 2 of 2026 requires cursive handwriting to be taught at Pennsylvania public and private schools. Pennsylvania will join 18 other states requiring cursive to be taught in school. It is at least the ...

Pennsylvania youngsters will once again have to learn the art of cursive handwriting as part of their schooling, under a bill signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro on Feb. 11. The legislation, sponsored by Rep.