If you grew up learning how to loop your L’s and cross your T’s, you might be surprised to hear that cursive handwriting is no longer a standard part of most school curriculums—including in Indiana.

We spoke with three educators who are integrating handwriting activities to boost their readers’ penmanship and literacy ...

Georgia’s new English language arts standards will include an emphasis on handwriting, and particularly cursive. The previous ...

Georgia’s new English language arts standards, which take effect in July, will include an emphasis on handwriting, and ...

A Kentucky law that passed in the spring of 2024 will require elementary schools to teach cursive writing, starting with the ...

Cursive stopped being a mandatory part of Kentucky’s school curriculum in 2010 with the implementation of Common Core.

House Enrolled Act 1420 officially codifies cursive writing, alongside religions of the world, as an optional curriculum component that local school corporations are free to include or omit as ...

While some believe that cursive writing is essential for young scholars, others argue that it is an outdated skill that should be left in the past. A Cocoa Beach beachgoer, Shawna Noyes ...

Turns out it’s mostly a lost art. Printing and typing? No problem. But cursive writing has truly become the hieroglyphics of this generation. I specifically remember being a fourth grader with ...

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 ...

a law mandating cursive instruction took effect in January 2024. “For some students, it’s a great alternative to printing, and it helps them be more accurate and more careful with the writing ...