A new state law requires teaching cursive writing in elementary schools starting in September. Some educators aren't happy ...
New Jersey mandates cursive instruction in all districts by 2026–27. Gov. Murphy cites history & cognitive benefits. Click ...
Handwriting engages more areas of the brain than typing, which leads to deeper learning, better memory and stronger cognitive ...
The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting. In years gone by, it helped ...
Starting next school year, New Jersey elementary students will once again learn cursive writing, a move inspired by research ...
Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...
Elementary school teachers in New Jersey should be teaching cursive writing in 2026-27 thanks to a new law signed by Phil ...
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, ...
Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A ...
HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive.