Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.

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

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth ...

As it stands, just 24 states require that cursive is taught in the classroom. But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of ...

University of Iowa provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I ...

Writing a letter in one’s own hand can be an artistic act. Handwriting animates paper. The bold flairs of calligraphic script shout for attention, while elegant flourishes of cursive sashay across the ...

which is a combination of print and cursive. But let’s back up a bit. I started learning to write in kindergarten, but that of course was in script, with separate letters. Me and my fellow ...

Legislation that would require cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools was unanimously approved by the House ...

A Florida bill that would have required cursive handwriting in grades two through five won't be going to Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.