Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

BALTIMORE - If you're of a certain age, you probably remember learning cursive in elementary school. While penmanship has largely been erased from most curriculums, at some schools, it's still alive ...

Long before Chromebooks took center stage in schools, there was cursive handwriting. But for many children growing up today, cursive can be akin to hieroglyphics, as the Modesto Bee reported. Common ...

STORY: Cursive is making a comeback in California. In an era of computers and tablets, the skill has fallen out of fashion. But a new state law requires students to learn the old-school style of ...

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Today is National Handwriting Day! When you think of handwriting, you may think of the way you write your name or your penmanship during notetaking but what about the way you write? In today’s time, ...

What’s something kids can’t do, but teachers don’t teach? If you answered “cursive,” write a flowing capital letter “A” by hand on your report card. Once a staple of classrooms and correspondence, ...

Florida lawmakers are putting pen to paper with a new push to make sure every elementary student can actually read Grandma’s handwriting, reviving a cursive requirement that’s technically already on ...

In an age where screens dominate classrooms and workplaces, handwriting might seem like a relic of the past. But research shows that putting pen to paper plays a crucial role in literacy development. ...

No matter where you look, it seems like boomers can’t stop griping about the lack of cursive writing; kids today don’t do this, they don’t do that, and most egregiously of all, they don’t loop their ...

The 2025 school year in Georgia will start in late July or August, and this time it’s bringing back an older lesson plan for its newer students. Third through fifth graders will have lessons on how to ...