New Jersey mandates cursive instruction in all districts by 2026–27. Gov. Murphy cites history & cognitive benefits. Click ...

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...

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

The House Education Committee held public hearings Wednesday on Republican bills to require that students be taught cursive writing, and receive at least one hour of instruction on the nature and ...

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...

New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...

HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive.

Elementary school teachers in New Jersey should be teaching cursive writing in 2026-27 thanks to a new law signed by Phil ...

The bill requires cursive instruction for students in grades 2 through 5.

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A ...