A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive, resurrecting the rite of passage. Here's why. Ask anyone who completed third grade in the 1980s ...

Teaching writing to kids is the next step of learning after they are strong with picture identification skills. It usually begins with pattern writing and then moves on to letter writing, sentence ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The day Suzanne Bowland learned that cursive handwriting had died at her son’s Denver Public School, she vowed to take matters into her own hands. Literally.

In an age of keyboards and touchscreens, is teaching cursive an essential link to our past and a tool for cognitive development, or is it an outdated relic taking up precious time in an already ...

Should schools teach cursive handwriting? The question is an impressively polarizing one in the K-12 education world. One of the most widely cited criticisms of the Common Core State Standards is that ...

Years after it was omitted from the Common Core standards, some students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries. Some states are bringing it back to classrooms. Credit ...

Bonnie Morris has been keeping a journal for roughly 50 years. She used to read thousands of students’ essays for the Advanced Placement U.S. History exam. When she grades her students’ work, she ...

Florida's new cursive requirement makes handwriting mandatory for grades 3-5, with proficiency required before middle school. The post Florida Kids Must Now Prove Cursive Proficiency Before Middle ...

I remember the first time my second-grade teacher permitted me to use cursive writing on my assignments. At the time, I viewed it as an accomplishment: I could now use cursive for all my assignments!