As the new school year begins, all those little hands in elementary school are once again at the center of a fierce debate: Is cursive writing a skill that’s still worth teaching, or an out-of-date ...

My third-grade son is an anomaly. He actually enjoys a school subject, which -- much to our chagrin -- is being scrubbed from elementary schools nationwide. The subject in question is cursive ...

The writing may be on the wall for something that used to be standard fare in our elementary schools. It turns out that the elegant script of cursive handwriting is barely being taught anymore. The ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- It used to be a standard part of elementary school, but today cursive writing instruction is optional. A bill submitted in Olympia would make cursive mandatory in Washington schools.

Politicians in Washington are considering a bill that would make cursive writing lessons mandatory in that state's schools.Most school districts in the state currently give their teachers the option ...

State-mandated cursive writing lessons were among the casualties of the pandemic in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools last year, a new state report says. In 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly ...

Update, Dec. 20: Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 58 on Wednesday, which will create instructional materials on handwriting for Ohio schools. Previous reporting: COLUMBUS – Cursive is making a ...

There is a critical point missing from “The handwriting on the wall” by Ruth Graham (Ideas & Opinion, April 5). There are many reasons given to support not including cursive in an elementary school ...