COMPTON, Calif.—In a classroom at Anderson Elementary on a recent Thursday, third-graders lined up to have their pencils sharpened to a crisp point before beginning a cursive lesson. The ...

But for many children growing up today, cursive can be akin to hieroglyphics, as the Modesto Bee reported. Common core standards prefer that students “use technology to produce and publish writing ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that requires the teaching of cursive writing across the state. California Assembly Bill 446 amends the state's education code to include ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Drew Gilpin Faust about her story in The Atlantic, "Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive ... I was writing a biography of a Southern planter from the ...

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would require it. Senate Bill 167 would require cursive writing to be taught “as a course of study” in elementary schools. The bill states that "beginning ...

As digital learning continues to expand, a bill is ready to go to the full Florida House that would require public elementary-school students to learn cursive writing. The House Education ...

Supporters argue cursive writing has cognitive and developmental benefits and is still relevant in a digital world. Similar legislation has been introduced in previous sessions but failed to ...