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

As it stands, just 24 states require that cursive is taught in the classroom. But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts for K-8 students in the U.S. Several states in recent years have ...

Educators often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone something that’s not mandated such as cursive handwriting. In several ...

Common Core teaching standards emphasized keyboard typing by 2010. However, 14 states still require cursive to be taught in schools, regardless of how little it is used in daily life. In 2023 ...

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Specifically, some lawmakers want to make the teaching of cursive writing mandatory for public schools, because of the complaints of a few grandparents. Let’s be realistic. Children today are ...

How many times have you struggled to read a cursive letter or historical document for a class? Older generations probably have no clue what I’m talking about, but younger millennials and those ...

Cursive instruction will be required at Iowa's public schools starting in the upcoming school year under new standards adopted by the Iowa Department of Education in June. Why it matters: While ...

The legislation aims to require public schools to teach cursive writing, which disappeared from schools in 2008. Sign up for our Newsletters Rebecca Synder, a mother of two elementary-aged ...