Cursive

Has the Keyboard Slain the Quill? New Jersey Schools Don’t Think So

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Has the Keyboard Slain the Quill? New Jersey Schools Don’t Think So

The keyboard has not yet eliminated the pen. On March 10, 2025, the New Jersey Assembly Education Committee unanimously passed Assembly Bill 3865, mandating the return of cursive handwriting instruction for public school students in grades three through five. By the end of elementary school, these students must read and write legibly in script—a skill … Read more

Even if Schools Deny It, Children (and Adults) Need to Learn to Write in Cursive

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Even if Schools Deny It, Children (and Adults) Need to Learn to Write in Cursive

In too many schools, teaching handwriting—especially cursive—is extinct. Over the last half-century, America’s public, private, religious and charter schools became obsessed with “critical thinking.” As that obsession grew, mechanical processes were discarded. Emphasizing grammar, the doctrine taught, inhibited children from expressing their thoughts. Teaching historical facts repressed students’ creative opinions about past events. Memorizing mathematical … Read more