New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the most recent states to require schools to teach kids old fashioned handwriting skills.

Cursive handwriting is making a big comeback in schools for students of the Gen Alpha generation (born between 2010 and 2025).

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

Pennsylvania schools are required to teach cursive handwriting under a new law. Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on social media ...

Cursive writing is making a comeback in Pennsylvania classrooms. A new state law now requires all schools to teach cursive.

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

Pennsylvania has enshrined cursive into its school curriculum. Why it matters: Spending valuable class time teaching students ...

The year my daughter was born, cursive was axed from the national Common Core standards for K-12 education. For those of us in older generations, writing and reading cursive was a basic skill taught ...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation mandating cursive instruction in New Jersey schools. Was it really worth it?

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Sierra Rivera and her older sister, Dahlia, were thrilled at the idea of baking up a batch of their grandmother’s pumpkin cookies for Thanksgiving, but when their dad gave them the handwritten recipe, ...

The Legislature passed the measure as part of a bigger education bill during the final days of the 2026 Regular Session. The ...