KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lawmakers in Missouri have introduced a bill that could restore previous curriculum standards across the state, including cursive handwriting instruction and reduced screen time in ...

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Cursive handwriting is making a big comeback in schools for students of the Gen Alpha generation (born between 2010 and 2025). New Jersey and Pennsylvania are the most recent in a growing number of ...

Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light blue dotted and solid lines. But in many schools, that elementary ...

A Minnesota senator has proposed a bill to require students to learn cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade. Proponents argue that learning cursive improves cognitive function and helps ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Students in second grade began a lesson on cursive writing without using paper or pencils. They stood up and started to recite: “down curve, under curve, over curve” while moving ...

While we're taught how to write in school, some people can't help but have bad handwriting. Perhaps they tend to rush through their thoughts or have poor muscle memory, and end up writing chicken ...

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 ...

Cursive writing lessons will be back in Pennsylvania classrooms after state lawmakers passed legislation requiring its reintroduction this month. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the bill into law Wednesday.

Pennsylvania schools are required to teach cursive handwriting under a new law. Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on social media Wednesday that, using his "best cursive," he signed House Bill 17 into law. ...