New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the most recent states to require schools to teach kids old fashioned handwriting skills.

The Legislature passed the measure as part of a bigger education bill during the final days of the 2026 Regular Session. The ...

Pennsylvania students will soon join a growing number of their peers nationwide practicing the looping, connected script of cursive writing—part of a broader national revival of the once-standard ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on ...

Muse Elementary School teacher Jessica Mascara explains the cursive handwriting workbook she created to her students. Mascara will teach the students cursive two times a week until April. Logan ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston resident Kelli Davis was in for a surprise when her daughter brought home some routine paperwork at the start of school this fall. Davis signed the form and then handed ...

Pennsylvania schools are required to teach cursive handwriting under a new law. Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on social media ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- For centuries, cursive writing was a pillar of elementary education and a crucial tool for recording and preserving history. Now, cursive barely is being taught. At the Williams ...

Pennsylvania has enshrined cursive into its school curriculum. Why it matters: Spending valuable class time teaching students ...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation mandating cursive instruction in New Jersey schools. Was it really worth it?

Starting April 12, all public and private schools in Pennsylvania must reintroduce cursive handwriting into their curriculum.

Yes, time to read the writing on the wall -- that is, if you can make it out. Thanks to e-mails and word processing, penmanship is a dying art. But there may be some value to reviving it. CBS News ...