NJ parents — remember cursive? Your kids will need to learn it now

A new state law requires teaching cursive writing in elementary schools starting in September. Some educators aren't happy ...
Los Angeles Times

Cursive handwriting: Should it still be taught in school?

Cursive handwriting – when is the last time you used it to write something other than your signature? With so much of our lives online now, the occasions to get out the pen and paper are getting fewer ...
The New York Times

Cursive Handwriting Is a Cultural Tradition Worth Preserving

Jimmy Bryant is the director of archives and special collections at the University of Central Arkansas. April 30, 2013 In today’s society, people of all ages use e-mail and various forms of ...

Cursive handwriting must be taught in grades 3-5 at N.J. schools

New Jersey's public schools must by law teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it.
Reader's Digest

Should Schools Bring Back Cursive Handwriting?

A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive, resurrecting the rite of passage. Here's why. Ask anyone who completed third grade in the 1980s ...
NJ.com

Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5.

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed Monday ...