It's useless and won't help a person survive in the real world. Of course school is full of useless study . . . But in the digital age when the standard issue tool for communication is a keyboard . .

Here's what our readers said about why they think cursive writing should still be taught in schools, as well as some tips on teaching kids how to write in cursive. Stay on top of other hot ...

A new bill making its way through the New Jersey state legislature could require public schools to teach cursive writing from ...

I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...

Common Core teaching standards ... some evidence that learning cursive benefits the brain. “More and more neuroscience research is supporting the idea that writing out letters in cursive ...

A Republican lawmaker has renewed efforts to require public and private elementary schools to teach cursive handwriting in Pennsylvania. "In an increasingly digital world, cursive has fallen by ...

Leising, who has been a lawmaker off and on since 1988, filed Senate Bill 103, which would require schools to teach cursive and print handwriting in addition to spelling instruction. That bill ...