Maybe it was the fact that in the States, there’s no real rite of passage attached to learning to write in either script or cursive, except that you escaped the bad marks in the penmanship ...

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 ...

In the past, most American students began learning to write in cursive in third grade, making it a rite of passage, said Jaime Cantrell, a professor of English at Texas A&M University - Texarkana ...

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 ...

You may have learned cursive in school, but I was born in it — molded by it. The ascenders and descenders betray you because they belong to me. Both of my parents always seemed to be incapable ...

“Cursive writing isn’t just a skill ... I don’t understand how you could learn it and not use it again.” Following the passage of HB 921, many Floridians now eagerly await the decision ...