New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

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

In the age of typing, scrolling and voice-to-text, putting a pen to paper is increasingly rare but states including New ...

From the start of 2024, the state of California reinstated the requirement that first through sixth graders in public schools learn to write in cursive. The handwriting technique stopped being taught ...

Who needs a pencil and paper when we can just type or generate whatever text we need to? Actually, New Jersey students will, ...

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

Commentary: We wrote book reports. Essays. Love notes. Cursive was our only mode of written communication in school once we ...

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A ...