GEORGIA, USA — Is cursive making a comeback in Georgia? Well, sort of, it's actually evolving. Here's what we found. New and more defined cursive standards were recently added to the 2025-2026 ...

Cursive writing is not a partisan issue," she said. "It's about connecting our past with our present and preserving our history." Currently, 24 states require cursive to be taught in schools.

Is penmanship going the way of the dodo? Educators and parents are observing a surge in US youths who don't know how to read or write in cursive. Some can't even sign their own name.

[1/7]A student at Orangethorpe Elementary School practices writing cursive as California grade school students are being required to learn cursive handwriting this year, in Fullerton, California ...

Since the 2018-2019 school year, elementary schools in Illinois have been required by law to offer cursive lessons. Students are not required to take cursive lessons, but the school must offer it.

Regardless of how the students felt about learning cursive, all of their opinions were in fact, written in cursive. So they did actually learn something whether they realize it or not.

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Cursive writing is making a return to Georgia classrooms this school year, thanks to updated English Language Arts standards from the Georgia Department of Education ...

Less than 10 years ago, only 14 states required schools to teach cursive— but that number has been steadily increasing, with 24 now having some kind of requirement. This year, Kentucky became ...

This Sept. 16, 2009 photo shows a student practicing both printing and cursive handwriting skills in the six to nine year old's classroom at the Mountaineer Montessori School in Charleston, W.Va.

As many as 18 states already have laws that require cursive to be taught in schools. If this legislation were to become law, Pennsylvania would join Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida ...

In the meantime, the 2016 legislation that requires public and charter schools to teach cursive is still in effect — though by my brief investigation, I'm not sure how many schools are doing that.