Have you ever wondered why English uses both uppercase and lowercase letters? While capitals begin sentences and proper nouns, and lowercase is used for everything else, this wasn’t always the case.

Should schools teach cursive handwriting? The question is a polarizing one in the K-12 education world. One of the most widely cited criticisms of the Common Core State Standards is that they don ...

But now, California is one of many states bringing cursive back to the classroom. As of this year, over 20 states now require a cursive writing curriculum, the Bee reported. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently ...

"Cursive is the hardest," said Armstrong, another pupil in Sardella's class. "When I'm playing with my friends, we do zigzags as cursive because we didn't know how," she said. "I'm starting to learn.

Cursive instruction was reintroduced to Iowa’s Academic Standards in 2024, and as of this year, only around half of U.S. states require some instruction in the skill.

In Quebec, cursive is no longer an expectation in the curriculum. In Ontario, it’s still on the curriculum from Grades 3 to 5, but individual teachers say they often don’t have time to teach it.

In the meantime, the 2016 legislation that requires public and charter schools to teach cursive is still in effect — though by my brief investigation, I'm not sure how many schools are doing that.

Cursive has not been part of Michigan's curriculum standards since 2010. Rep. Brenda Carter, D-Pontiac, has reintroduced legislation to return cursive to the state's public schools.

Adams says cursive would be taught in " appropriate" grade levels. If it were to become law, Pennsylvania would join 18 other states in requiring cursive to be taught.