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 ...

Instruction on cursive is already mandated by the state for grades three and four, but the new law — a result of Assembly Bill 446, which Newsom signed on Oct. 13 — will broaden instruction to grades ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / ...

Many schools now limit handwriting instruction, noting children are better off preparing for the real world, where nimble texting thumbs and quick typing fingers create most written communication. But ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Students in second grade began a lesson on cursive writing without using paper or pencils. They stood up and started to recite: “down curve, under curve, over curve” while moving ...

When given the opportunity to read the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights, many local students would have as hard a time deciphering the documents as if they were written in Egyptian ...