A bill is pending in the Michigan House to restore an optional cursive curriculum to schools. It should be mandatory.

Henderson, 44, said her son learned cursive basics in third grade but did not spend the hours that she did in school perfecting legible script and an attractive signature.

For many, cursive handwriting is a thing of the past, an archaic method taught in the days before keyboards and touch screens. But some argue that writing longhand could help in placement exams.

The PA House has voted to reinstate the teaching of cursive in public schools. In the age of AI, is this the answer to our ...

But cursive instruction was in decline long before 2010, when most states adopted the Common Core curriculum standards, which say nothing about handwriting.

Metro Cursive handwriting back in schools? Some legislators want to require it Updated: Feb. 14, 2017, 9:17 p.m. | Published: Feb. 14, 2017, 8:17 p.m.

Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago. In 2010, most states adopted Common Core academic standards which omitted cursive handwriting from expected academic skills to be ...

Surveys indicate about 85 percent of college students now print when they write by hand. The loops and curls of cursive handwriting have all but vanished from college essay exam blue books.

Cursive writing will return as a requirement in the classroom beginning this fall. Senate Bill 167, passed in 2024, ensures ...

His own research has shown that, despite the “gloom and doom” surrounding handwriting, more than 80 percent of first- and third-grade teachers say they teach manuscript and about 80 percent of ...