“Research has shown that cursive handwriting enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine motor skills,” said California lawmaker Sharon Quirk-Silva, lead sponsor of ...

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 ...

Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.

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