A new state law requires teaching cursive writing in elementary schools starting in September. Some educators aren't happy ...

Update, Dec. 20: Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 58 on Wednesday, which will create instructional materials on handwriting for Ohio schools. Previous reporting: COLUMBUS – Cursive is making a ...

COLUMBUS – Cursive is making a comeback in Ohio if state lawmakers have anything to say about it. House Bill 58, which passed the Ohio Senate 27-2 on Thursday, would require the Ohio Department of ...

Students in New Jersey will soon learn cursive in school, thanks to a law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.

Most of the learning done in schools these days is digital, but experts say handwriting still plays an important role in the ...

Incorporating handwriting lessons can have numerous benefits for older students—here’s how to get them started.

Adults may wince at painful childhood memories of penmanship lessons and spelling tests. A small but growing number of studies, though, suggest that systematically teaching handwriting and spelling ...

Thank goodness for technology. With e-mail delivering us from the need for the handwritten note, so too does it deliver all future generations from the drudgery of penmanship instruction. Phew!

A recent study suggests that a little handwriting instruction can go a long way in staving off writing problems. The report, by researchers at the University of Maryland College Park is based on a ...