A new initiative by Rep. April Connors (R-Kennewick) seeks to tackle a decline in cursive handwriting education in public ...

“I like how my pencil feels on the paper when I write it,” Evi said from her classroom at Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington. “It’s very loopy.” Evi and her classmates are learning the art of ...

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head ...

State House lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday to require elementary school students to be taught cursive handwriting and to memorize multiplication tables. Rep. Pat Hurley, R-Randolph, is the ...

Florida lawmakers are putting pen to paper with a new push to make sure every elementary student can actually read Grandma’s handwriting, reviving a cursive requirement that’s technically already on ...

Cursive handwriting, once a standard part of the three R's in elementary school, is no longer required to be taught in North Carolina. The death of cursive instruction is linked to the national common ...

What started out as a mandate that Ohio school children learn to write in cursive is now more of a suggestion. House Bill 58, sponsored by House Education Committee Chairman Andrew Brenner, R-Powell, ...