Benefits of handwriting The increased interest in cursive handwriting likely stems from effort by policymakers to improve the literacy performance of K-12 students across the country.

STORY: Cursive is making a comeback in California. In an era of computers and tablets, the skill has fallen out of fashion.But a new state law requires students to learn the old-school style of ...

In this photo illustration, Jayme Rost, a second-grade teacher at West Point Elementary in Hempfield, demonstrates how she teaches cursive writing in her classroom, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — It’s a skill that nearly disappeared during the pandemic. But inside one DeKalb County elementary school, students are proving cursive writing is far from forgotten. At Robert ...

Educators and parents are observing a surge in US youths who don’t know how to read or write in cursive — which they blame on handwriting increasingly becoming obsolete in the digital age.

California’s new commitment to teaching cursive handwriting in classrooms will help improve overall students cognition across subjects.

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law.

California’s new commitment to teaching cursive handwriting in classrooms will help improve overall students cognition across subjects.