After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

As it stands, just 24 states require that cursive is taught in the classroom. But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of ...

The skill fell out of favor in schools, but states including Iowa are bringing it back and could see benefits, writes Shawn ...

Cursive seems to be becoming a lost art amongst young people who spend far more time typing on their phones and computers than taking pen to paper. One Gen X woman came to this realization at the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting.

As of 2025, there are 24 states that require cursive lessons, which is up from 14 states less than a decade ago. From California to Alabama, some states start as early as third grade, and others by ...

but there are many reasons for students to get a basic grasp on cursive writing,” Watro said during the committee meeting to consider House Bill 17. He said studies have shown writing in ...

There’s a new push to have Florida students become more proficient in cursive writing. Big picture view ... grade to fifth grade as part of the English language arts curriculum.

FLORIDA - Florida legislators are considering new legislation that would make cursive writing instruction a required component of elementary education, ensuring students achieve proficiency by the ...

We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes ...