A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

Centre County schools have until April 12 to reintroduce cursive instruction.

Tyara Brooks teaches her fourth-grade students how to write in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) “Messy! Messy!” Nearly 40 years later, the ...

The Legislature passed the measure as part of a bigger education bill during the final days of the 2026 Regular Session. The ...

Starting April 12, all public and private schools in Pennsylvania must reintroduce cursive handwriting into their curriculum.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation mandating cursive instruction in New Jersey schools. Was it really worth it?

Since the late 1800s, when the typewriter struck the first blow to penmanship, handwriting has become an increasingly obsolete skill, and therefore a powerful symbol of the past. It’s an idealized ...

More and more states are dropping handwriting from their core curricula. Jan. 24, 2011 -- The handwriting may be on the wall for cursive. At least that's what some people fear as schools across the ...

Common Core standards do not call for cursive instruction as mandatory part of curriculum At least 41 states do not require public schools to teach cursive reading or writing The standards promote ...