Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free tool ...

PHOENIX — With eyebrows furrowed and fingers holding pencils in clawlike grips, third graders at Lowell Elementary School in Mesa were tackling an assignment involving one of the most controversial ...

Across the country, many school districts dropped cursive from their curricula years ago. The new Common Core State Standards now being implemented in most states never mention the word "cursive." ...

Victoria University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Many lament that the “good old days” when they were taught “the basics” at school have gone. When launching the National ...

Sherisse Kenerson stood in the front of her classroom Thursday afternoon at Holmes Middle School in Lincolnia, Virginia, and explained how to write the letters “M” and “N” in cursive. Then, she had ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Cursive is back in Iowa schools. The ability to read and write cursive has been fading from American society. “You just don’t see very many people using cursive because a lot of ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Third graders in Iowa will begin their second year of cursive handwriting education this school year due to a June 2024 change to the state education board’s requirements. In ...