Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / ...

Missouri legislators are again pushing to make learning to write cursive mandatory for kids in kindergarten through fifth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elementary school kids might be required once again to learn how to read and write in cursive. A pair of bills (HB 127 and SB 444) ...

As elementary school students across California return from winter break, a new lesson plan will soon be on the way. Learning cursive is now required by state law. The new law took effect at the ...

In a letter to the editor Sunday, a writer recounted an experience with a high school junior who was unable to read cursive handwriting. The writer noted that a friend had to read notes sent in ...

FRANKFORT — Cursive writing lessons could soon be making a reappearance in Kentucky schools. Common Core, the federal education initiative adopted in 2010, dropped cursive education, but the Kentucky ...

ST. LOUIS — In 2010, more than 40 states adopted the same standards for English and math called the Common Core standards. Missouri and Illinois are among the states that have adopted the guidelines.

Bring back the practice worksheets of yore, perfect that slant, and — please — loop those lowercase Ls and Gs. Just as phonics-based reading recently returned to favor after years of emphasizing whole ...

In a busy sixth-grade classroom at Millennial Tech Middle School Wednesday, Thomas Courtney taught a language arts lesson. He also teaches history and now penmanship. “I took my cursive writing so ...

A new state law calls for old-fashioned cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary school – but the Princeton Public Schools is ahead of the pack. The legislation, whose co-sponsors include state ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida students could once again be learning cursive. A new bill filed in the Florida House could see students in grades two through five learning cursive handwriting once again. The ...