I’m an NYC public school mom and I’m furious our kids can’t write in cursive — why we need to fix it now

This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...

Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. 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 ...
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Cursive writing has benefits, but should it be required?

An Indiana Department of Education report due this Friday may add fuel to the debate for the return of compulsory cursive writing instruction at Hoosier public and charter elementary schools. Or, it ...
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NJ Just Passed A Law Requiring Students To Learn This Old-Fashioned Skill

New Jersey is bringing cursive back to schools. According to a new bill, all third, fourth, and fifth-grade students in the ...

NJ parents — remember cursive? Your kids will need to learn it now

A new state law requires teaching cursive writing in elementary schools starting in September. Some educators aren't happy ...
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Commentary: Robin writes by Robin Garrison Leach — The disappearing ink of a few curly letters

Commentary: We wrote book reports. Essays. Love notes. Cursive was our only mode of written communication in school once we ...
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New Jersey schools to revive cursive writing for young students

Starting next school year, New Jersey elementary students will once again learn cursive writing, a move inspired by research ...