We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. Cursive instruction ...

As of 2025, there are 24 states that require cursive lessons, which is up from 14 states less than a decade ago. From ...

In 2010, most states adopted Common Core academic standards, which omitted cursive handwriting from the expected academic skills to be learned by K-8 students. In fact, the standards only briefly ...

The skill fell out of favor in schools, but states including Iowa are bringing it back and could see benefits, writes .