In this photo illustration, Jayme Rost, a second-grade teacher at West Point Elementary in Hempfield, demonstrates how she teaches cursive writing in her classroom, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Venenga adds that it’s beneficial for students to practice reading and writing in cursive outside of the classroom with their parents’ help in order to improve their skill level.

Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on this valuable skill.

Lawmakers in state after state – particularly in the South – are carving out space in teachers’ classroom time to keep the graceful loops of cursive writing alive for the next generation.

Alabama and Louisiana passed laws in 2016 mandating cursive proficiency in public schools, but some penmanship experts say the writing style takes longer than up and down script.

Therefore, elementary school students in the district are not explicitly taught to write using cursive handwriting. However, students are still taught to print early in their education.

Cursive writing is experiencing a resurgence of sorts in North Carolina elementary schools thanks to a state law that was passed in 2013.

Alabama and Louisiana passed laws in 2016 mandating cursive proficiency in public schools, but some penmanship experts say the writing style takes longer than up and down script.

Handwriting - print or cursive - increases development in three areas of the brain, according to a 2012 study, and "may facilitate reading acquisition in young children." ...

In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.

Texas will reintroduce cursive writing to the state curriculum for elementary students beginning in the 2019-2020 school year.

In preparation for Mother’s Day, third-graders at Roosevelt Elementary School recently learned how to write a few of the capital cursive letters that they’ll need for poems for their moms ...