OLYMPIA, Wash. -- It used to be a standard part of elementary school, but today cursive writing instruction is optional. A bill submitted in Olympia would make cursive mandatory in Washington schools.

As elementary school students across California return from winter break, a new lesson plan will soon be on the way. Learning cursive is now required by state law. The new law took effect at the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. North Carolina lawmakers said they’ve discovered a huge number of public schools are breaking state law by not teaching cursive on a regular basis. State representatives are now are ...

FRANKFORT — Cursive writing lessons could soon be making a reappearance in Kentucky schools. Common Core, the federal education initiative adopted in 2010, dropped cursive education, but the Kentucky ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- On a pair of party line votes Tuesday, Assembly Republicans passed bills that would ban particular discussions of race and sex in K-12 education and in the training of state workers.

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Pennsylvania educators may have to once again teach cursive. Why it matters: State House lawmakers made several pro-cursive arguments before passing a bill last week to mandate the curriculum in ...