Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...

As one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back ...

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.

Elementary school students in New Jersey will start to learn cursive again after Governor Phil Murphy signed a new bill into ...

Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.

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

Print is dead. New Jersey is flipping the script and ordering its public schools to bring back cursive writing starting next ...

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, ...

A bill that would make cursive instruction mandatory for New Jersey elementary school students is on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk.

Why aren’t students being taught cursive writing? Karissa Lazar asked at a recent meeting of Hazleton Area School Board. “That’s a great question,” Superintendent Brian Uplinger replied. “It’s a lost ...