NJ.com

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 thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed Monday ...
WLRN

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 ...
Penn Live

Cursive handwriting must be taught in grades 3-5 at N.J. schools

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A state law signed Monday ...
The Morning Sun

Cursive writing classes made mandatory for New Jersey students grades 3-5

New Jersey students in the third, fourth and fifth grade will be required to learn cursive writing due to a bill signed by ...
West Virginia MetroNews

House passes bill requiring cursive writing to be taught through fifth grade

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill requiring cursive writing to be taught in all West Virginia schools in grades 3-5 passed the House of Delegates easily on Tuesday. In a roll call of 87 in favor, eight ...
The Daily Reflector

Concerns over cursive: Despite state law, some say handwriting doesn't make the grade

Concerns over students not knowing how to form signatures has prompted one local group to question whether the state’s cursive requirement is worth the paper it’s written on. Julie Anderson, ...