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 ...

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 ...

As of 2025, there are 24 states that require cursive lessons, which is up from 14 states less than a decade ago. From California to Alabama, some states start as early as third grade, and others by ...

Research suggests it may be possible to improve overall writing and reading through handwriting instruction.

But for many children growing up today, cursive can be akin to hieroglyphics, as the Modesto Bee reported. Common core standards prefer that students “use technology to produce and publish writing ...