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

Legislation that would bring cursive handwriting instruction back to Pennsylvania schools is one step away from becoming law ...

The bill would have students from 2nd to 5th grade learn how to write in cursive and then be tested on what they learned at ...

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head and handed it back. “I can’t read this,” she said. “It’s in cursive.” First, ...

Pennsylvania’s students will soon learn how to write in cursive once again, as a bill requiring such education is headed to Governor Josh Shapiro’s desk. House Bill 17 passed the State Senate ...

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed Monday ...

New Jersey mandates cursive instruction in all districts by 2026–27. Gov. Murphy cites history & cognitive benefits. Click ...

Fifth graders would be required to pass a test showing they can read and write in cursive.