Missouri legislators are again pushing to make learning to write cursive mandatory for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Bigstock As I was taking notes for this column, I thought it ...

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Several states are making cursive writing instruction a requirement in schools once again, citing the importance of students being able to read our nation’s founding and ...

Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light blue dotted and solid lines. But in many schools, that elementary ...

Pennsylvania students will soon join a growing number of their peers nationwide practicing the looping, connected script of cursive writing—part of a broader national revival of the once-standard ...

Learning cursive gives students ownership of their work. The Declaration of Independence was written in cursive. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to ...

The Pennsylvania Capitol on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Peter Hall/Capital-Star) Cursive writing lessons will be back in Pennsylvania classrooms after state lawmakers passed legislation requiring ...

Pennsylvania schools are required to teach cursive handwriting under a new law. Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on social media Wednesday that, using his "best cursive," he signed House Bill 17 into law. ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Cursive handwriting is returning to Pennsylvania schools thanks to a bill signed into law this week. Act 2 of 2026 (formerly House Bill 17) — agreed to in the state Senate last week ...

Pennsylvania students are about to join counterparts in more than two dozen states who will be required to learn cursive writing as part of the mandatory curriculum. In today’s digital age, where more ...

Bookshop by day, creative space by night, Cursive Knives is a welcome addition to Brisbane’s literary landscape, with “weird girl lit” and a strong selection of works by authors who aren't often ...