Michigan’s most recent standards, that were adopted in 2010, don’t require cursive instruction. While cursive instruction isn’t mandated in Michigan’s public schools, it remains a ...

Learning cursive used to be standard in classrooms across the United States, with penmanship graded. Once typewriters became common and later computers, it started to disappear.

Starting this year, students in third, fourth and fifth grades will learn how to read and write in cursive as part of their ...