But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts for K-8 students in the United States. Several states in recent years ...

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

As of 2025, there are 24 states that require cursive lessons, which is up from 14 states less than a decade ago. From ...

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

Nimah Gobir: It is not proven that either manuscript or cursive writing is best. What does matter is that students get so much practice writing that they don’t have to think about forming letters. So, ...

We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes ...