Why More States Are Bringing Back Requirements to Teach Cursive

In the age of typing, scrolling and voice-to-text, putting a pen to paper is increasingly rare but states including New ...

Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5.

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed Monday ...
nbcrightnow.com

Cursive writing could return to Washington classrooms with new bill by Kennewick lawmaker

A new initiative by Rep. April Connors (R-Kennewick) seeks to tackle a decline in cursive handwriting education in public ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Many local school leaders say they continue to teach cursive

Despite a directive by the Indiana Department of Education that cursive writing no longer is mandatory, many local educators say they are continuing to teach it as time allows, along with ...
cursus.edu

Why bother teaching cursive handwriting?

In the fall of 2014, a piece of news caused quite a stir in the education community. One of the societies most renowned for its quality educational environment, Finland, was going to eliminate the ...
LancasterOnline

We don’t need to teach cursive writing [letter]

It is with great amusement that I read of our state Legislature focusing on what really matters. Specifically, some lawmakers want to make the teaching of cursive writing mandatory for public ...