Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas is returning to phonics and cursive writing during his June 12, 2026, speech at the Texas ...

Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students raised on keyboarding, texting and printing out letters longhand. Alabama and Louisiana passed ...

A New Jersey lawmaker is taking another shot at making cursive writing part of the curriculum for young students across the state. Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, D-Jersey City, recently proposed a ...

Easton Area School District children know their way around an iPad. But writing their names legibly? Not so much. That’s the assessment of Easton Area School Board member Meg Sayago, who said she ...

Here’s a list of things I never learned between kindergarten and eighth grade: the modern history and geography of any country outside of North America and Europe; a foreign language; anything related ...

Students are spending less time learning handwriting. Here’s why it’s still an important skill.

The Common Core standards don’t require instruction in cursive writing but some states — including Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana and California — have mandated cursive in public schools. With typing ...