a law mandating cursive instruction took effect in January 2024. “For some students, it’s a great alternative to printing, ...

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 ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught ... they often included handwritten family tree pages torn from the family Bible.

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

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting.