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

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 ...

A Florida bill that would have required cursive handwriting in grades two through five won't be going to Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Legislation that would require cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools was unanimously approved by the House ...

As of 2025, there are 24 states that require cursive lessons, which is up from 14 states less than a decade ago. From ...

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.

I learned cursive writing with a red, curvy stick pen when I was in Grade 3, which was around 1970. We just called it writing in those days, as opposed to printing. Over the years, my handwriting ...

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.