Florida brings back cursive writing for students

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill requiring cursive instruction for students in grades three through five, aiming to ...
Los Angeles Times

Students would do well to learn cursive, advocate says

Before students hunker down to take their SATs this spring, many will have an array of tools to help them with the exam. Flash cards, study guides and — cursive handwriting? For many, cursive ...
PBS

Why some schools still insist on lessons in elegant cursive

Starting in the 1970s, and under the recent implementation of the Common Core, a former pillar of elementary education has been largely forgotten. But there’s a feeling that learning cursive still has ...
EdSource

New California bill requires students to learn cursive

A new bill that requires first through sixth graders to learn cursive was signed into law last week by Gov. Gavin Newsom, KTLA reported. Assembly Bill 446, introduced by Assemblywoman Sharon ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Treasure Coast lawmakers push to make cursive reading and writing mandatory in schools

New bills in Florida would mandate cursive instruction for students in second through fifth grade. Proponents argue cursive is important for reading historical documents and developing a personal ...
Modesto Bee

Can your kids write cursive? How Modesto Schools is bringing back the classic writing style

Before smartphone keyboards, before laptops, PCs and typewriters, before the printing press, there was cursive handwriting. But for many members of generations growing up with electronic devices, ...
KTLA

New Jersey Moves to Require Students to Learn Cursive Handwriting in School

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Should children be required to learn cursive ...
The New York Times

Handwriting Matters; Cursive Doesn’t

Kate Gladstone is the founder of Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works and the director of the World Handwriting Contest. April 30, 2013 Handwriting matters, but not cursive. The fastest, clearest ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Ohio law encouraging schools to teach cursive by fifth grade officially in effect

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cursive could be making a ...
Psychology Today

Cursive Is Not Dead Yet

The national education standards, Common Core, aimed to kill the teaching of cursive. But it is not dead—just wounded. Yesterday, I did a radio interview on WHO in DesMoines, which bills itself as the ...
Portland Press Herald

Cursive could be written into Maine law under new bill

Cindy Halpin writes the word “city” in cursive on the board for her students to practice cursive writing in her third grade classroom at St. Brigid School in Portland on Wednesday. Brianna ...