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

Research suggests it may be possible to improve overall writing and reading through handwriting instruction.

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

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

My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she’d met at Red Cross ...

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

Complementing the pen support is the fantastic Notes app, which offers a ton of features such as pre-made and custom templates, brush variations, handwriting ... panel offers a paper-like viewing ...

A Gen X Redditor’s visit to the doctor revealed that cursive handwriting is now unreadable to younger staff, sparking the realization that schools dropped cursive around 2010. His neat script was ...

The big story: With less than two weeks remaining in Florida’s 2025 legislative session, the fate of several education-related initiatives remains in the air. One that appeared to be moving ...

"Cursive writing isn't just a skill ... Brendan Murphy and his wife, Suada Kadiric, run Lighthouse Paper Co., a retail stationery and gift shop in Melbourne. At their shop, they have organized free ...

“Cursive writing isn’t just a skill ... Brendan Murphy and his wife Suada Kadiric run Lighthouse Paper Co., a retail stationery and gift shop in Melbourne. At their shop, they have organized ...