Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free tool ...

Georgia classrooms reintroduce cursive writing for students from third to fifth grade, making it part of assessed coursework.

Cursive instruction waned after Common Core Standards were adopted by most states in 2010, but in recent years, cursive requirements have increased.

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

A new Florida bill aims to make cursive writing mandatory in elementary schools during the 2025-2026 academic year, citing brain development and cultural heritage.

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 ...

To teach cursive handwriting, or not to teach it, is a topic that can divide, but recently updated educational guidance in Ohio comes down on the side of teaching cursive handwriting.

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

The rationale: in a computerized world, old-school handwriting is superfluous. In California, computer training quickly absorbed cursive study’s timeframe and funds. Still, protests against its loss ...

Printing and typing? No problem. But cursive writing has truly become the hieroglyphics of this generation. I specifically remember being a fourth grader with terrible handwriting.

It's not the first time a Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed legislation that would mandate that cursive be taught in elementary schools.