But within the past decade, statewide cursive requirements have been trending upward. In 2016, 14 states required schools to teach cursive writing. During the 2018-2019 school year, that number ...

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 ...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce has spurred another debate on the worth of teaching cursive handwriting in the digital age by updating its five-year-old teaching guidance for ...

In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills.

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 national ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that requires the teaching of cursive writing across the state. California Assembly Bill 446 amends the state's education code to include ...

It seems as if students are learning cursive ever less. The generation of college students I now teach not only never knew the 20th century and think of CDs as quaint, but mostly they do not write ...

Most millennials and the generations before them spent time learning cursive handwriting in school. Why has that changed? Why is the teaching of it frowned upon in schools? What is the impact on ...

But, none have been successful. Illinois, however, is one of 23 states that legally require all schools to teach cursive. 5 on Your Side checked in with the Illinois State Board of Education to ...