After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters ...

Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free ...

As schools have drifted away from cursive writing instruction, one Gary couple is launching classes in the flowing writing style for students ages 7-17 in Northwest Indiana.

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters ...

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters ...

It was a sight to warm the heart of any education traditionalist — rows of students using paper and pen instead of tapping on iPads or Chromebooks, learning to write in neat cursive script ...

California elementary and middle school students could soon see a renewed commitment to teaching cursive writing.

NEW YORK (CBS) — Today, Jan. 23, is National Handwriting Day, celebrated on the birthday of John Hancock. But nowadays, penmanship – especially cursive – is becoming a lost art. But some ...

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law.

Schools would be required to teach students more cursive handwriting skills after the Assembly passed AB446. Bill now goes to California governor.

Cursive could be written into Maine law under new bill Once a standard in elementary schools, cursive is no longer taught to all students. A Maine lawmaker would like to change that.

Although cursive handwriting “is a dying field,” as one teacher said, it has made a comeback in some schools, including one in Maine where two students won awards this month.