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Do you remember how to write cursive? New state standards require 3rd to 5th graders to learn

In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through fifth graders will learn again how to do just that. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson went out ...
Penn Live

Cursive handwriting must be taught in grades 3-5 at N.J. schools

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A state law signed Monday ...
Sacramento Bee

Not just pretty handwriting: Cursive instruction improves cognition across subjects | Opinion

A third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at P.S.166 in the Queens borough of New York. Mary Altaffer AP With the governor’s signature (no doubt in cursive), California Assembly Bill 446 was ...
Government Technology

What Happens to Cursive Handwriting in the Digital Age?

(TNS) — The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Treasure Coast lawmakers push to make cursive reading and writing mandatory in schools

New bills in Florida would mandate cursive instruction for students in second through fifth grade. Proponents argue cursive is important for reading historical documents and developing a personal ...
Sixers Wire

Cursive handwriting is returning to Pa. schools. See response to new law

A new Pennsylvania law requires that elementary school students will be taught how to write in cursive. Gov. Josh Shapiro on Feb. 11 signed the bill, Act No. 2 of 2026, that would be effective in 60 ...