NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

Pennsylvania has enacted a new law mandating cursive handwriting instruction in its schools. Proponents argue this move, supported by cognitive studies, enhances memory, language, and critical ...

The flow of motion from putting pencil to paper and writing in cursive strengthens cognitive development and fosters fine motor skills, according to Travis Lee, Huntingdon Area School District’s ...

In California, students between first and sixth grade will learn to write in cursive under a new state law. Yes, cursive. But is cursive a skill that students or adults actually need? Try out these ...

Is cursive writing still being taught in America? Some states are starting to bring the old style back after disappearing. Cursive writing is a style of handwriting characterized by connected letters ...

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NEW YORK — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand. Alabama and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia's elementary schoolers will soon be getting lessons in cursive, which some experts say could pay dividends in their ...

A state lawmaker from Pontiac wants to encourage more school districts to teach cursive writing. After State Representative Brenda Carter’s son passed away in 2019, she found a letter he wrote in ...

Signing a check. Reading a formal invitation. They traditionally have required knowing how to at least sign one’s name. It’s a skill that has been slowly eroding as classrooms use technology to ...

Cursive writing lessons will be back in Pennsylvania classrooms after state lawmakers passed legislation requiring its reintroduction this month. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the bill into law Wednesday.

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the grade level when students at St. Anne’s-Belfield School are introduced to cursive writing. My mother, now in her 70s, has ...