California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last Friday that requires the teaching of cursive writing in schools for grades one through six.

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

Cursive had its moment, somewhere between powdered wigs and the Pony Express. Kids today should be learning coding, robotics, digital literacy and how to spot AI-generated nonsense, not perfecting ...

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 the ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.

The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe ...

Cursive’s declining popularity has also prompted rebrands. Eddie Bauer retired its script logo, while in Maryland, Washington College changed its logo, which used George Washington’s signature ...

Twenty-three states require cursive to be taught in public schools, including Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. The writing form has been making a comeback in recent years.

Learning cursive can unlock creativity and improve brain function, lawmakers said. But the practical application shouldn’t be overlooked, according to Fantasia.

Cursive is a part of this commitment of being able to access all kinds of reading, all kinds of writing, and a real commitment to primary research,” he said. For students who struggle.