Cursive instruction waned after Common Core Standards were adopted by most states in 2010, but in recent years, cursive requirements have increased.

Do schools in Louisiana still teach cursive writing? Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized.

Georgia's English Language Arts standards have been changed, adding a classic yet controversial subject: Cursive writing. Who will learn it? When? Why?

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

Teachers often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone cursive handwriting.

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters ...

Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads and inundated vast areas of the region’s outback.

As digital learning continues to expand, a bill is ready to go to the full Florida House that would require public elementary-school students to learn cursive writing. The House Education ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - A bill requiring all Idaho students to be proficient at reading and writing in cursive by the end of 5th grade now moves to Governor Little's desk for approval. Senate Bill ...

For years, Missouri lawmakers have tried to make teaching cursive a requirement, but concerns regarding technology and additional testing continue to stall efforts to pass bills.

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

If you’re not confident in your cursive deciphering skills, the National Archives has other tasks available, too—such as “tagging” documents that other volunteers have already transcribed.