Back to basics? Cursive lessons will be mandatory for Florida kids if this bill passes

A pair of bills filed for the 2026 Legislative Session would mandate students from second to fifth grade to learn how to write and read in cursive.

Bill Would Require Cursive Instruction

Elementary-school students would have to learn how to write in cursive, under a bill set to be vetted by a House committee ...

Fairfax Co. middle school’s Cursive Club offers chance to learn lost art

At Holmes Middle School in Lincolnia, teacher Sherisse Kenerson is reviving the art of cursive writing through an after-school club.
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Florida lawmakers propose cursive writing bill for schools

CRITICIZE THE U.S. TARIFFS. MANY OF US CAN’T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN CURSIVE WAS NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, BUT NOW IT’S ALMOST ANCIENT HISTORY, LEAVING AT LEAST ONE GENERATION TO GEN ZERS TO STRUGGLE WITH ...
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Some Middle GA elementary students learn cursive from a new generation of teachers

Madison Walker, a 24-year-old third grade teacher at Samuel E. Hubbard, recalled moving as an elementary student from a ...
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Florida bill reintroduced to require cursive writing instruction in schools

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A new Florida bill is trying to, once again, make cursive writing a required subject in schools. HB 127, introduced by State Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-District 85, and State Rep. Dana ...
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Can your child read this? Florida pushes new cursive requirement for schools

HB 127 would require all public school students in grades 2 through 5 to learn cursive and, for the first time, prove they’re ...
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Dear Abby: I taught my daughters to write thank-you notes, but you’d never know it

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
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The importance of learning cursive

Recently enacted legislation now requires elementary schools to teach cursive at some point between first and sixth grades, which means that the diminishing skill will be revitalized for the next ...