Pennsylvania and New Jersey are among the latest states to require cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary schools.

Separating students’ knowledge from their handwriting can leave teachers feeling like they’re detectives sifting through ...

Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — ...

While cursive isn’t required in classrooms nationwide, for Jordan Montalvo, this is a skill essential for life. She’s making ...

Cursive is making a comeback in Pennsylvania classrooms this April under a new state law. Why it matters: Spending valuable ...

If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.

Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light blue dotted and solid lines. But in many schools, that elementary ...

Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, recently introduced a bill in the Minnesota Legislature that would mandate cursive learning. I don’t advocate for or against the bill, but I can vouch ...

Patience Gozaydin, 7, a second grade student at Frankstown Elementary practices cursive writing Thursday in Ann Franco’s class. Mirror photo by Cynthia Wise The flow of motion from putting pencil to ...

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 ...