In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.

Cursive writing is introduced in second grade about halfway through the school year and reinforced in higher grades. Rost uses a chapter book, “Muggie Maggie,” to introduce the skill.

The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting.

Three experts talked to KQED Forum about the importance and pedagogic benefits of cursive handwriting, its future and what we might all lose if it were to die out.

STORY: Cursive is making a comeback in California. In an era of computers and tablets, the skill has fallen out of fashion.But a new state law requires students to learn the old-school style of ...

He notes, "For several years, we conducted the National Handwriting Contest, and it focused on cursive handwriting specifically. But we had thousands of teachers that would send in handwriting ...

Many teachers nationwide no longer teach cursive writing to students.

At Greenbriar East Elementary, the cursive lesson is a hybrid of old and new. Students have pencils in hand, but their ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — It’s a skill that nearly disappeared during the pandemic. But inside one DeKalb County elementary school, students are proving cursive writing is far from forgotten. At Robert ...

Learning to write in cursive may no longer be popular in American schools, but education experts stress that the craft can be beneficial to students in more ways than one.

Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on this valuable skill.

Should children be required to learn cursive? A New Jersey legislator says so. Assemblywoman Angela McKnight has introduced a bill that would require elementary schools to teach kids how to read an… ...