Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5.

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...
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NJ just passed a law requiring students to learn this old-fashioned skill

Who needs a pencil and paper when we can just type or generate whatever text we need to? Actually, New Jersey students will, ...

I’m an NYC public school mom and I’m furious our kids can’t write in cursive — why we need to fix it now

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head ...
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Columbus's Young Innovator: E’lon Hamilton Revives Cursive Writing at West Mound Elementary

E’lon Hamilton, a student at West Mound Elementary, founded the Cursive for Kids club to teach cursive writing to his peers, ...

Meet the middle-schoolers keeping cursive alive, one swoop at a time

Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.

Cursive returns to New Jersey classrooms under new state law

Cursive is coming back to New Jersey classrooms. It was one of the final acts by Governor Phil Murphy. The new state law mandates cursive instruction in grades 3 to 5, beginning this fall.

Cursive Writing Is Becoming Mandatory in New Jersey Public Schools. Here’s When the New Law Goes into Effect

As one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back ...

NJ elementary school students will learn cursive again

Elementary school students in New Jersey will start to learn cursive again after Governor Phil Murphy signed a new bill into ...
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Cursive writing bill swoops to House floor

HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive. Existing state law does not require cursive writing, but State Board of Education ...