LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely. Bucking a growing trend of eliminating ...

It’s fun Friday in Jill Davis’ third-grade classroom in Mechanicsburg. Students start their day playing a game that puts their cursive writing skills to the test. Called “here comes the judge,” the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - When was the last time you had to write something using a good old-fashioned pen and paper? In the digital age, we’re living in now, most everyone takes notes using a keypad ...

Many schools have eliminated cursive in elementary schools with the rise of computers But several states say cursive is still valuable for students Proponents says cursive helps coordination and motor ...

Starting in the 1970s, and under the recent implementation of the Common Core, a former pillar of elementary education has been largely forgotten. But there’s a feeling that learning cursive still has ...

Today is National Handwriting Day! When you think of handwriting, you may think of the way you write your name or your penmanship during notetaking but what about the way you write? In today’s time, ...

HB 127 would require all public school students in grades 2 through 5 to learn cursive and, for the first time, prove they’re proficient.

BALTIMORE - If you're of a certain age, you probably remember learning cursive in elementary school. While penmanship has largely been erased from most curriculums, at some schools, it's still alive ...

Pencils and pens could eventually become obsolete in the face of newer technology. Every year, less and less time is spent teaching children handwriting, especially cursive. "It’s emphasized a lot ...

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