Proponents of cursive writing instruction say that although handwriting isn’t as much of a life skill as it was 20 or 30 years ago, students still need opportunities to learn and practice.

As many schools plan to phase out the instruction of cursive in class, Alabama has elected to continue such training, taking advantage of policy that says 15 percent of the curriculum can be ...

Next, they assumed the proper upright writing posture; held their pencils between their thumb, index and middle fingers; and began transcribing a series of upper- and lower-case cursive letters on ...

The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) will begin cursive handwriting instruction for students in grades 3-5 this ...