Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary, then walked through the motions of how to write a ...

In addition to learning to sign their name or read greeting cards from grandparents, children practicing cursive writing hone fine motor skills. Writing vocabulary and spelling words helps children ...

Pennsylvania schools are required to teach cursive handwriting under a new law. Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on social media Wednesday that, using his "best cursive," he signed House Bill 17 into law. ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a law returning cursive handwriting to Pennsylvania elementary schools. We asked what you thought.

Pennsylvania is joining about 25 other states — including Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware — in requiring cursive instruction.

The flow of motion from putting pencil to paper and writing in cursive strengthens cognitive development and fosters fine ...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation mandating cursive instruction in New Jersey schools. Was it really worth it?

Act 2 of 2026 requires cursive handwriting to be taught at Pennsylvania public and private schools. Pennsylvania will join 18 other states requiring cursive to be taught in school.

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 and handed it back. “I can’t read this,” she said. “It’s in cursive.” First, ...

People approaching their late 50s are often told to slow down, lower expectations and accept that their best years are behind them. But Edson Brandao is quietly challenging that idea and has left many ...

Anthony Slater: Steve Kerr on what could still be ahead for the Warriors this season “We still have a good team. Even without Jimmy, we can make a playoff run. The ceiling is absolutely lower. I’m not ...