NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

Why Cursive Is Finally Making a Comeback in Public Schools Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. By Shawn Datchuk | Contributor May 7, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

As the digital age advanced and keyboard clicks became the norm, many states' Common Core standards began to abandon the handwriting style known for its fluid, loop-de-loop letters.

Going back to the primary source, here’s the April 25 memo from the Indiana Department of Education. The memo notes that the common-core standards “do not include cursive writing at all.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A state lawmaker has introduced a new bill to require Michigan schools to once again teach ...

“The problem is if you throw in cursive in third grade and kids always have to look at the cursive chart, it's not a good tool,” she said. “I wouldn't advocate it then.

World Leader in Cursive Intelligent Word Recognition Brings its Advanced Technology to Mail Processing Industry April 26, 2004 12:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK and ATLANTIC CITY, N.J ...

Cursive writing may be a lost art since the advent of keyboards and smart phones, but not in Alabama public schools. A new state law will make sure of that. Lexi's Law, which goes into effect Aug ...