Anyway, that’s what the little guy is looking forward to in the third grade. To this day, like a century ago, the learning of cursive writing is considered a very big deal.

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 ...

Starting in 2017, students in Louisiana schools will learn cursive writing in 3rd grade—and they’ll keep getting instruction on it through graduation. A bill signed by Louisiana governor John ...

By 3rd grade, students must form all upper and lowercase cursive letters efficiently and proportionately, and produce cursive writing with accuracy.

Lexi's Law, which goes into effect Aug. 1, will require cursive handwriting to be taught by the end of third grade in all state schools. In Montgomery Public Schools, knowing how to write cursive ...

A Grade 3 student practises cursive handwriting at P.S. 166 in the Queens borough of New York in 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) How one writes connected to what one can say ...