From the start of 2024, the state of California reinstated the requirement that first through sixth graders in public schools learn to write in cursive. The handwriting technique stopped being taught ...

On October 13, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill making cursive handwriting instruction mandatory in 1st through 6th grades. The legislation passed this year, but it could have just ...

An old school skill is coming back to Georgia classrooms this year, as cursive writing becomes a required part of English Language Arts instruction for the first time in two decades. At Robert Shaw ...

Gabriella Rustebakke watches as her son, Paul Rustebakke, practices writing his letters in cursive during a lesson at their home in Cedar Rapids in April 2023. Research at the University of Iowa has ...

Bring back the practice worksheets of yore, perfect that slant, and — please — loop those lowercase Ls and Gs. Just as phonics-based reading recently returned to favor after years of emphasizing whole ...