Florida lawmakers have approved new legislation requiring elementary school students to be proficient in reading and writing ...

Yes, there is hope for cursive writing yet. Pennsylvania just made cursive writing mandatory, joining 24 other states (and ...

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Students in second grade began a lesson on cursive writing without using paper or pencils. They stood up and started to recite: “down curve, under curve, over curve” while moving ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- For centuries, cursive writing was a pillar of elementary education and a crucial tool for recording and preserving history. Now, cursive barely is being taught. At the Williams ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston resident Kelli Davis was in for a surprise when her daughter brought home some routine paperwork at the start of school this fall. Davis signed the form and then handed ...

A Florida bill that would require elementary school students to learn cursive writing is heading to the governor’s desk after ...

Starting April 12, all public and private schools in Pennsylvania must reintroduce cursive handwriting into their curriculum.

If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.

Yes, time to read the writing on the wall -- that is, if you can make it out. Thanks to e-mails and word processing, penmanship is a dying art. But there may be some value to reviving it. CBS News ...