The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past.

Florida's new cursive requirement makes handwriting mandatory for grades 3-5, with proficiency required before middle school.

A massive wave of new legislation took effect across Florida on July 1, marking the start of the state's fiscal year with ...

Starting July 1, a new educational law in Florida will require public school students to learn and demonstrate proficiency in ...

Turns out the skill your teachers drilled into you never stopped mattering.

Years after it was omitted from the Common Core standards, some students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries. Some states are bringing it back to classrooms. Credit ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Melody Eichbauer grew up learning cursive in grade school and scribbling exam answers until her hand cramped well into her college years. Eichbauer, a professor of medieval, legal ...

Pennsylvania and New Jersey are among the latest states to require cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary schools. This comes after instruction faded from many classrooms after 2010, when ...

Missouri legislators are again pushing to make learning to write cursive mandatory for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Bigstock As I was taking notes for this column, I thought it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten. The news is giving me whiplash. And I’m not talking about the ...

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Several states are making cursive writing instruction a requirement in schools once again, citing the importance of students being able to read our nation’s founding and ...

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