Is cursive an outdated and unnecessary facet of American education? Once again, Common Core is causing an academic stir—this time surrounding its exemption of cursive from required curricula. Instead, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. It was with great interest that I read “Write-off - Cursive handwriting no longer stressed at Eastern ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Cursive is back in Iowa schools. The ability to read and write cursive has been fading from American society. “You just don’t see very many people using cursive because a lot of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Twenty-three second-graders file into Virginia Edwards’ technology classroom at Grant Ranch School, take a seat at their iMacs, pull on headphones and launch ...

The Illinois House of Representatives approved a bill to require cursive writing to be taught in elementary schools and high schools by a bipartisan 67-48 vote. The bill was sent to the Senate for ...

There’s something deeply peculiar about the way we teach children to play the violin. It’s a very difficult skill for them to master—getting their fingers under control, holding the bow properly, ...