Before smartphones and GPS, teenagers could navigate cross-country trips with paper maps, fix cars with basic tools, and cook ...

New Jersey students in the third, fourth and fifth grade will be required to learn cursive writing due to a bill signed by ...

New Jersey's public schools must by law teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it.

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

A bill that would make cursive instruction mandatory for New Jersey elementary school students is on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk.

Cursive is making a comeback in New Jersey next fall! On Monday, Jan. 19, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new state law that ...

Cursive is coming back to New Jersey classrooms. It was one of the final acts by Governor Phil Murphy. The new state law mandates cursive instruction in grades 3 to 5, beginning this fall.

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

Two and a half years ago, I presented a carefully thought-out argument for not requiring schools to teach cursive, calling it the equivalent of teaching about slide rules. I expected praise for my ...

New Jersey elementary school students will learn how to write in cursive again after Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new bill into ...

Dear Heloise: I sympathize to some extent with the writer in a recent column of yours lamented how doctor’s offices will say the appointment is at 10:00 a.m. but ask that you arrive at 9:30 a.m. for ...