The flow of motion from putting pencil to paper and writing in cursive strengthens cognitive development and fosters fine motor skills, according to Travis Lee, Huntingdon Area School District’s ...

Students currently learn cursive between third and fifth grade. If House Bill 127 becomes law, students will begin learning ...

The lower chamber voted 111 to 0 in favor of the legislation ( HB 127 ). But as also was the case in 2025, the aspirational ...

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

As followers of education controversies know by now, the Common Core academic standards, soon to be carried out by 45 states, don't require the teaching of cursive handwriting. The curricular gap has ...

Pennsylvania will join 18 other states requiring cursive to be taught in public and private school classrooms.

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...