Laws mandating cursive be taught in schools vary across the Bi-state. Here's which students are required to learn how to read and write in cursive.

Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free ...

Moving forward, handwriting instruction for grades 1 to 6 is to include writing "in cursive or joined italics in the appropriate grade levels," the law states. The directive leaves room for ...

FILE - A student at a California elementary school practices writing cursive after the state started requiring them to learn cursive in the 2023-2024 school year. Similar standards are being set ...

As the world rapidly moves away from the need to write information by hand, there are still many U.S. states still teaching cursive instruction to American children. California and New Hampshire ...

Currently, 21 states require some sort of cursive handwriting instruction, according to mycursive.com, a website that tracks cursive writing requirements nationwide.

Missouri’s handwriting bills want children to learn cursive in public schools, despite its redundancy in the digital age. But is it valuable?

Laws enforcing students to learn cursive handwriting have been enacted in two new states, joining a list of 10 reinforcing the skill since 2016.

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law.

According to the release, the legislation will require instruction in cursive handwriting or joined italics to be taught in the appropriate grade. If the legislation becomes law, Pennsylvania ...

Handwriting, the argument goes, reinforces reading skills such as visual tracking, reading left to right, as well as capitalization and punctuation rules, spelling and vocabulary.