The Florida House unanimously approved a measure Wednesday that would require elementary school students to learn how to write in cursive. "On July 4, 2026, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...

“Research has shown that cursive handwriting enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine motor skills,” said California lawmaker Sharon Quirk-Silva, lead sponsor of ...

Pennsylvania educators may have to once again teach cursive. Why it matters: State House lawmakers made several pro-cursive arguments before passing a bill last week to mandate the curriculum in ...

Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary, then walked through the motions of how to write a ...

Starting April 12, all public and private schools in Pennsylvania must reintroduce cursive handwriting into their curriculum.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida students could once again be learning cursive. A new bill filed in the Florida House could see students in grades two ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...