But for Lauren Hand, an eighth-grader at St. Pius V School in Melville, cursive is a craft of precision, patience and practice. And one in which the 14-year-old is without peer for her grade.

“Cursive is traditionally a very Catholic school subject,” Principal Tobias Harkleroad said, noting that penmanship is rated on students’ report cards through eighth grade. On a recent ...

Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday ... only 31% of fourth grade students scored proficient or above. Research suggests it may be possible to improve ...

About 75 percent of second- and third-grade teachers continue to include cursive instruction in their curriculum despite concerns that the artful writing is on the decline, according to a new ...

A new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom will require California schools to teach cursive to elementary students in first through sixth grade ... classroom economy, we sign contracts and so ...

Some of the new laws, ranging from homeowner protection and transportation to cursive instruction ... students in kindergarten through eighth grade and prohibits teachers from withholding it ...

One of my favorite memories of eighth grade was watching a classmate handwrite ... handwriting was being dropped is the name change. Cursive was substituted for handwriting. Kids came home and ...