Consequently, cursive writing instruction waned. But within the past decade, statewide cursive requirements have been trending upward. In 2016, 14 states required schools to teach cursive writing.

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In Louisiana, cursive is legally required to be taught in public schools.

Historically, cursive writing was a necessary skill. The ability to write quickly and legibly was essential for notetaking, personal correspondence, and even completing standardized forms.

California students will have to go old-school when it comes to penmanship. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Oct. 13 requiring that cursive writing be taught in the state’s schools.

Cursive writing was so yesterday in California, but in 2024 it’s back in class About half of students aren’t being taught cursive, but this year it will be required (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ...

Based on my ability to write in cursive, I may be older than some of you. And some of you might not even know what cursive is or how it’s different from the art form calligraphy.

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In Louisiana, cursive is legally required to be taught in public schools.

The 2010 Common Core standards began omitting cursive instruction, meaning that many members of Gen Z have never been taught how to read or write cursive, The Atlantic reported.

Schools can purchase Zaner-Bloser cursive writing instructional materials, and only some of the district’s schools opt to use that resource. For 32 years, the Columbus, Ohio-based company had ...

McKnight said cursive could be incorporated during writing or spelling lessons beginning in third grade. “You don’t have to have this as a stand-alone subject,” McKnight said.

Sen. Greg Rothman, R-Cumberland and Perry counties, agrees. He co-sponsored legislation in the 2021-22 legislative session to require schools to teach cursive writing but his bill stalled.

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 ...