NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

CRITICS ARE CALLING THE BILL OUTDATED. >> THERE ARE 59 AYES, 39 NO'S’ THE BILL IS PASSED. >> WITH AN ASSEMBLY VOTE TUESDA SY,TATE LAWMAKERS PUSHED TO KEEP CURSIVE WRITING ALIVE. >> IF WE KNOW IT HELPS ...

In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills. However, ...

Although cursive is not required in Arizona%2C many schools still teach it. Some say writing in cursive helps develop the brain. An Arizona State University professor disputes the notion that cursive ...

Learning how to write takes time, whether it is holding your pen properly or ensuring all the letters are on the same ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – After a bill about cursive teaching requirements passed Monday, there was a lot of discussion about the topic so NewsChannel 15 looked into it some more Tuesday. Many people ...

A bill that would require elementary school students in New Jersey to learn how to read and write cursive has gained the backing of state Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin. “Great idea,” Coughlin, ...

It is with great amusement that I read of our state Legislature focusing on what really matters. Specifically, some lawmakers want to make the teaching of cursive writing mandatory for public schools, ...

When Jack Lew was nominated to be Treasury secretary in 2013, President Barack Obama joked that as a condition of the appointment, Lew would have to learn to sign his name more legibly. The ...

I would like to see the new Charleston County School District superintendent impose some new learning objectives for all students in grades 2-12. Teach the students cursive writing. There is an entire ...

Re “What’s the Point of Teaching Cursive?,” by John McWhorter (Opinion, nytimes.com, Dec. 13): The idea that most cursive documents will be “transliterated into print” is fine until you realize that ...

Forget Marx vs. Mises. You want to get a spirited debate going, ask pretty much anyone over the age of 8: Should kids still be taught cursive writing? I posted this question to Facebook, and for the ...