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Imagine a time when children can’t read historical documents. Young adults can barely conjure a driver’s license signature. And even some elementary school teachers confess they don’t know how to ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- It used to be a standard part of elementary school, but today cursive writing instruction is optional. A bill submitted in Olympia would make cursive mandatory in Washington schools.

In a letter to the editor Sunday, a writer recounted an experience with a high school junior who was unable to read cursive handwriting. The writer noted that a friend had to read notes sent in ...

FRANKFORT — Cursive writing lessons could soon be making a reappearance in Kentucky schools. Common Core, the federal education initiative adopted in 2010, dropped cursive education, but the Kentucky ...

NEW JERSEY (KYW) - Students in New Jersey will soon learn cursive again, thanks to a new state law signed by the governor. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday that requires school districts to teach ...

Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a celebratory dessert, the teenager is often summoned to pipe a fancy “happy birthday” ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) will begin cursive handwriting instruction for students in grades 3-5 this upcoming fall. To align with Georgia’s K-12 English ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Children in Georgia will soon learn how to loop their letters together again. Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, third, fourth and fifth grade students will be ...

Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it ...