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

For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about cursive writing. Like Latin, it’s a dead language — er, lost art — and I was determined to resurrect it. The students completed ...

As it stands, just 24 states require that cursive is taught in the classroom. But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts for K-8 students in the U.S. Several states in recent years have ...

Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.