Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

The bill would have students from 2nd to 5th grade learn how to write in cursive and then be tested on what they learned at ...

I type all day. I swipe and tap on my phone. I scribble notes to myself on paper. I’m happy with my mostly-digital life. But every now and then I’ll get a handwritten note—from an old lady, ...

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law. Let's take a moment now for a ...

The lower chamber voted 111 to 0 in favor of the legislation ( HB 127 ). But as also was the case in 2025, the aspirational ...

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’s students will soon learn how to write in cursive once again, as a bill requiring such education is headed to Governor Josh Shapiro’s desk. House Bill 17 passed the State Senate ...

New Jersey's public schools must by law teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it.