Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a recent ...

Known as House Bill 17, the legislation requires cursive handwriting to be taught in all Pennsylvania schools.

Concerns over students not knowing how to form signatures has prompted one local group to question whether the state’s cursive requirement is worth the paper it’s written on. Julie Anderson, ...

To think that when I have children they might attend an elementary school that does not put an emphasis on cursive writing bewilders me. My biggest concern is that the shift into a "digital era" will ...

A recent study by scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology concluded something I suspected to be true: cursive writing promotes learning more than typing on a keyboard. They ...

Act 2 of 2026 requires cursive handwriting to be taught at Pennsylvania public and private schools. Pennsylvania will join 18 ...

PORTLAND (AP) -- Looking through 17 papers that University of Portland students recently wrote in class, Education Professor Richard S. Christen finds only two are in cursive handwriting. Everyone ...

Concerns over students not knowing how to form signatures has prompted one local group to question whether the state’s cursive requirement is worth the paper it’s written on. Julie Anderson, ...

Last year, in adopting the Common Core standards, boards of education in Alabama, California and Georgia included a cursive writing requirement for their schools. Massachusetts repealed its cursive ...

A bill mandating that cursive handwriting be taught in all public and private elementary schools across Pennsylvania was among six pieces of legislation Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law last ...