Twenty-four U.S. states require schools to teach cursive, according to a November 2024 report from Education Week, which ...

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...

Madison Walker, a 24-year-old third grade teacher at Samuel E. Hubbard, recalled moving as an elementary student from a ...

Elementary-school students would have to learn how to write in cursive, under a bill set to be vetted by a House committee ...

At Holmes Middle School in Lincolnia, teacher Sherisse Kenerson is reviving the art of cursive writing through an after-school club.

WASHINGTON — Reading cursive writing is a skill that could be fading away over time. But if you know how to read cursive, the National Archives could use your help. The U.S. National Archives and ...

An Indiana Department of Education report due this Friday may add fuel to the debate for the return of compulsory cursive writing instruction at Hoosier public and charter elementary schools. Or, it ...

What do the U.S. Constitution, birthday cards and your signature have in common? They’re (likely) all in cursive. However, becoming fluent in this form of penmanship, once the hallmark of a good ...

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 ...