In this photo illustration, Jayme Rost, a second-grade teacher at West Point Elementary in Hempfield, demonstrates how she teaches cursive writing in her classroom, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Handwriting instruction was a requirement prior to the passage of AB 446, but the prior requirement referred generally to any style written by hand — not only cursive.

The latest (2020) research on the brain benefits of cursive handwriting adds to a growing body of evidence and neuroscience -based research on the importance of learning to write by hand.

Handwriting instruction was a requirement prior to the passage of AB 446, but the prior requirement referred generally to any style written by hand — not only cursive.

With California bringing back compulsory cursive instruction in October — joining 21 other states — there’s obvious interest in mandatory cursive writing instruction. But why?

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 this valuable skill.

After her son died, State Rep. Brenda Carter (D-Pontiac) was sorting through some of the things that her son left behind, besides a whole lot of broken hearts, and came across a letter that he had ...

People often credit my good handwriting to my Catholic school education—like a nun with a ruler and a taste for corporal ...

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law.

Handwriting instruction was a requirement prior to the passage of AB 446, but the prior requirement referred generally to any style written by hand — not only cursive.

Handwriting instruction was a requirement prior to the passage of AB 446, but the prior requirement referred generally to any style written by hand — not only cursive.