Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. NJ schools now must teach it in grades 3-5

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed Monday ...
WMAZ

Cursive writing lessons return to Georgia classrooms with new state standards

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Cursive writing is making a return to Georgia classrooms this school year, thanks to updated English Language Arts standards from the Georgia Department of Education. Starting ...
West Virginia MetroNews

House passes bill requiring cursive writing to be taught through fifth grade

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill requiring cursive writing to be taught in all West Virginia schools in grades 3-5 passed the House of Delegates easily on Tuesday. In a roll call of 87 in favor, eight ...
The Georgia Straight

Patti Bacchus: Should kids still learn cursive writing?

I learned cursive writing with a red, curvy stick pen when I was in Grade 3, which was around 1970. We just called it writing in those days, as opposed to printing. Over the years, my handwriting has ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Ohio law encouraging schools to teach cursive by fifth grade officially in effect

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cursive could be making a ...
Newsday

Morrice: How learning the art of cursive writing helped my autistic son

As followers of education controversies know by now, the Common Core academic standards, soon to be carried out by 45 states, don't require the teaching of cursive handwriting. The curricular gap has ...