A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.

Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a ...

Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.

Pennsylvania schools are preparing to reintroduce cursive into their curriculum. This change was advised to start ...

The Legislature passed the measure as part of a bigger education bill during the final days of the 2026 Regular Session. The ...

Old-fashioned penmanship is better for your brain—and it’s making a comeback in classrooms. Cursive handwriting is making a ...

I can still feel the tips of my 10-year-old fingers striking the orange cover on the keyboard. It was in this 5th grade public-school class that – despite my frequent boos and bellyaching – I learned ...

A Florida bill that would require elementary school students to learn cursive writing is heading to the governor’s desk after ...

Pennsylvania is joining about 25 other states — including Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware — in requiring cursive instruction.

Shawn Datchuk is an associate professor of special education at the University of Iowa. This essay from The Conversation is republished under a Creative Commons license. Recently, my 8-year-old son ...