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

In one of his final acts, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new state law that mandates cursive instruction for grades ...

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

Public schools must teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it, under a bill signed by Gov.

New Jersey will now require cursive writing for some elementary school students

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must teach cursive writing to students in grades three to five under a law ...

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

Sherisse Kenerson in Alexandria, Virginia, leads a club of sixth- through eighth-graders who want to know the art of looping ...

NJ flips script — mandates teaching cursive writing in schools starting next fall

For those of us who grew up handwriting our school papers, it’s hard to imagine that some children can no longer read or ...

NJ elementary school students will learn cursive again

New Jersey elementary school students will learn how to write in cursive again after Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new bill into ...
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How to Write in Cursive

I type all day. I swipe and tap on my phone. I scribble notes to myself on paper. I’m happy with my mostly-digital life. But every now and then I’ll get a handwritten note—from an old lady, ...