Despite popular belief, some students continue to learn how to read and write in cursive. While it’s not required to be ...

Twenty-four U.S. states require schools to teach cursive, according to a November 2024 report from Education Week, which ...

Treasure Coast lawmakers propose bills requiring elementary students to read and write cursive, reviving a skill dropped from ...

Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child ...

Florida House Bill 127, filed for the 2026 legislative session, would require all public school students in grades 2 through ...

That’s how one lawmaker phrased it as a House subcommittee unanimously approved a bill (HB 127) to require students starting ...

HB 127 would require all public school students in grades 2 through 5 to learn cursive and, for the first time, prove they’re ...

Shawn Datchuk is an associate professor of special education at the University of Iowa. This essay from The Conversation is republished under a Creative Commons license. Recently, my 8-year-old son ...