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Senate Bill 425 requires that schools teach students cursive writing by the time they’re in third grade. The bill allows cursive writing to be included in other curricula, not just a standalone course ...

State Sen. Ann Rest (DFL-New Hope) has introduced a bill to mandate cursive learning for children. Rest argues that cursive learning benefits cognitive development, fine motor skills and understanding ...

At the French American School of Princeton (FASP) one morning, the kindergarten class showed their familiarity with cursive writing, proudly putting down short sentences that sat perfectly between the ...

A Minnesota senator is pushing a bill to require cursive handwriting in schools, citing cognitive benefits and historical connection.

A new bill in Minnesota proposes to reintroduce cursive handwriting in elementary schools. The bill mandates the Commissioner ...

It makes documents poetic. It strengthens hand-eye coordination. And, hundreds of years ago, “it was a mark of an educated person.” That’s how Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, described cursive ...

Pennsylvania students will soon join a growing number of their peers nationwide practicing the looping, connected script of cursive writing—part of a broader national revival of the once-standard ...

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New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the most recent states to require schools to teach kids old fashioned handwriting skills.

State Representative Dane Watro, one of the cosponsors of the Pennsylvania bill, argues that cursive “connects us to our history, strengthens learning and deepens our understanding of the world.” ...