OLYMPIA, Wash. -- It used to be a standard part of elementary school, but today cursive writing instruction is optional. A bill submitted in Olympia would make cursive mandatory in Washington schools.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia's elementary schoolers will soon be getting lessons in cursive, which some experts say could pay dividends in their ...

BLUEFIELD, W.V. — In these days of electronic communication, many worry kids aren’t learning how to sign their name properly. Some lawmakers in West Virginia want to see a return to basics, at least ...

Instruction on cursive is already mandated by the state for grades three and four, but the new law — a result of Assembly Bill 446, which Newsom signed on Oct. 13 — will broaden instruction to grades ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- On a pair of party line votes Tuesday, Assembly Republicans passed bills that would ban particular discussions of race and sex in K-12 education and in the training of state workers.

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) will begin cursive handwriting instruction for students in grades 3-5 this upcoming fall. To align with Georgia’s K-12 English ...

State-mandated cursive writing lessons were among the casualties of the pandemic in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools last year, a new state report says. In 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly ...