Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why.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

When Jack Lew was nominated to be Treasury secretary in 2013, President Barack Obama joked that as a condition of the appointment, Lew would have to learn to sign his name more legibly. The ...

NASHUA — A Nashua Board of Education panel rejected a proposal this week to incorporate cursive handwriting into the district’s curriculum. “I just think it is developmentally important for children,” ...

Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor for PEOPLE, covering Human Interest. She has been with the brand since 2017. Cursive writing may have gone out of fashion, but numerous states across the country ...

For all the new things that schools will be called on to teach under the soon-to-be-implemented Common Core curriculum standards, it’s a skill that has been omitted that is causing controversy: ...

The 2000s weren't a great decade for cursive handwriting. As computers became mainstream, many school districts dropped cursive lessons in favor of keyboard proficiency. But in recent years, the trend ...

A proposal in the Minnesota Senate would require the Commissioner of Education to develop a model curriculum for cursive handwriting. The goal is for students to achieve legible cursive skills by the ...

A group of students from five classrooms at an elementary school in Nelson, B.C., just competed in a North American ...

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Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in ...