Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

Back to School Cursive writing in American schools: Here's where this 'dying art' is still taught and why it matters There are 21 US states that currently have cursive in their curricula ...

Cursive writing is part of the state standard, but it varies with each classroom. Now that AB 446 has been signed, learning cursive is going to be new for students and for some teachers.

Texas schools bringing cursive back to classroomsAs the cursive debate continues around the country, Texas schools will introduce the penmanship instruction in the second grade.

DENVER -- You may want to hold off before sending a handwritten note to your grandchild. That's because a growing number of young people can no longer read cursive. Since the U.S. adopted Common ...

The year 2010 was a "pivotal year" for the cursive comeback, the SREB says. That's when "college- and career-readiness standards did not explicitly include it," including the national Common Core ...

TRENTON, New Jersey -- A New Jersey lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring elementary schools in the state to teach students how to read and write in cursive by the end of third grade.

AUSTIN -- In the digital age, people are increasingly communicating by computer and smartphone. When the new Common Core educational standards were crafted, penmanship classes were dropped. The ...