The writing may be on the wall for cursive handwriting. With a growing number of schools opting not to teach cursive, it may be on its way to becoming a disappearing art. So one New Jersey ...

An example of the demise of cursive writing was seen in the 2006 SAT college entrance exams that included a handwritten essay section. Of 1.5 million students who wrote the test, ...

Lawmakers in state after state – particularly in the South – are carving out space in teachers’ classroom time to keep the graceful loops of cursive writing alive for the next generation.

The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that date back more than 200 years. But these texts can be difficult to read and understand ...

NASHVILLE — Cursive handwriting might be a dying art, but a measure before the Tennessee House of Representatives attempts to save it in an era of keyboards and keypads. House Bill 1697 would ...

Baltimore sixth-grader claims national award for cursive handwriting 02:34. ... "I practice a lot of drawing, so my artistic abilities come through for handwriting and writing," said Freya.

As of Independence Day, 2012, forty-five of the fifty United States have adopted the Common Core curriculum in their public elementary schools. Those … ...

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.

Michigan’s most recent standards, that were adopted in 2010, don’t require cursive instruction. While cursive instruction isn’t mandated in Michigan’s public schools, it remains a ...