To teach cursive handwriting, or not to teach it, is a topic that can divide, but recently updated educational guidance in Ohio comes down on the side of teaching cursive handwriting.

Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California. Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena.

The Cursive Academy is part of a growing movement to reintroduce the lost art of handwriting into the lives of children, ...

Utilizing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and boosting memory and brain development, cursive just might be the magic key to help all students form letters, words, and sentences.

But for Lauren Hand, an eighth-grader at St. Pius V School in Melville, cursive is a craft of precision, patience and practice. And one in which the 14-year-old is without peer for her grade.

Under the bill, students must be taught to form cursive letters, proper spacing and alignment, and must practice writing complete words and sentences in cursive,” said Overdorf on the House ...

Cursive is making a comeback. This fall, Georgia’s elementary students will officially dive back into the art of handwriting ...

Teaching of cursive writing returns after falling to the wayside amid revised learning standards and emphasis on keyboarding. Backers say it promotes learning.

LOS ANGELES – Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to ...

Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times; Jan 10, 2024 Jan 10, 2024 Updated Jan 10, 2024; Facebook; Twitter; ...