Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day, invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977 and pegged to John Hancock’s birthday. On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a pen or a ...

Starting next school year, New Jersey elementary students will once again learn cursive writing, a move inspired by research ...

A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive, resurrecting the rite of passage. Here's why. Ask anyone who completed third grade in the 1980s ...

Elementary school teachers in New Jersey should be teaching cursive writing in 2026-27 thanks to a new law signed by Phil ...

Pennsylvania could become the 26th state to require schools to teach cursive to students. Cursive instruction waned after Common Core Standards were adopted by most states in 2010, but in recent years ...

A proposal requiring testing for Florida students’ cursive writing ability passed its second House committee Thursday, the ...