After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth ...

But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts for K-8 students in the United States. Several states in recent years ...

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 ...

Her students had mixed feelings about cursive writing. For now, they have the option to print or use cursive for their assignments. “I feel like for me it takes longer, and it just hurts my hand ...

This bill, filed on Feb. 23 by State Rep. Tobin Overdorf (R-Palm City), aims to expand cursive-writing requirements in the state’s public schools for students in grades two through five.

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