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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting.

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

The skill fell out of favor in schools, but states including Iowa are bringing it back and could see benefits, writes .

Her students had mixed feelings about cursive writing. For now, they have the option to print or use cursive for their assignments. “I feel like for me it takes longer, and it just hurts my hand ...

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