KQED

Cursive Is Back. But Should Students Be Learning the Skill?

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...
WXYZ

Do you remember the last time you wrote in cursive? Should everyone know how?

(WXYZ) — Do you remember the last time you wrote in cursive? Do you still know how to read it? If so, the National Archives is looking for your help. They are ...
Yahoo

Do you remember how to write cursive? New state standards require 3rd to 5th graders to learn

In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through fifth graders will learn again how to do just that. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson went out ...
Los Angeles Times

Can you write cursive?

In California, students between first and sixth grade will learn to write in cursive under a new state law. Yes, cursive. But is cursive a skill that students or adults actually need? Try out these ...
National Education Association

Why Cursive is Back in the Classroom

“Research has shown that cursive handwriting enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine motor skills,” said California lawmaker Sharon Quirk-Silva, lead sponsor of ...
Los Angeles Times

Readers show off their cursive skills, and then sound off about handwriting

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...
abc27

‘How do I sign signatures and stuff’ without cursive? Plan would mandate it in Pennsylvania schools

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. (WHTM) — This wouldn’t have been news at any other moment in history, but it is now: The fourth graders at St. Theresa School here are writing everything in cursive. Almost all of ...
Detroit News

Meet the middle-schoolers keeping cursive alive, one swoop at a time

The group of preteens uncapped their markers and began practicing how to capitalize two new letters: “B” and “Q.” The lesson felt like a return to the basics. Only this time, the middle-schoolers were ...
AOL

I’m an NYC public school mom and I’m furious our kids can’t write in cursive — why we need to fix it now

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head and handed it back. “I can’t read this,” she said. “It’s in cursive.” First, ...
Sixers Wire

Cursive handwriting is returning to Pa. schools. See response to new law

A new Pennsylvania law requires that elementary school students will be taught how to write in cursive. Gov. Josh Shapiro on Feb. 11 signed the bill, Act No. 2 of 2026, that would be effective in 60 ...

New law requires cursive in Pa. schools

Cursive writing is making a comeback in Pennsylvania classrooms. A new state law now requires all schools to teach cursive. The program is meant to ...