To loop or not to loop? That's what state lawmakers are considering when they advanced a bill mandating cursive curriculum in elementary schools. What do you think? How it works: Cast a vote below by ...

A bill for it to be taught in schools heads to the state Senate after passing last week in the House by a 195-8 margin.

Cursive is making a comeback. This fall, Georgia’s elementary students will officially dive back into the art of handwriting ...

Last week, the Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would require cursive handwriting to be taught in all public and private ...

Last week, the Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would require cursive handwriting to be taught in all public and private ...

Is cursive writing still being taught in America? Some states are starting to bring the old style back after disappearing.

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

McKnight said cursive could be incorporated during writing or spelling lessons beginning in third grade. “You don’t have to have this as a stand-alone subject,” McKnight said.

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I’ve since been down the rabbit hole of cursive writing resources. Not wanting to make the students feel like 8-year-olds again, I did find cursive writing workbooks for teens.

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.

In 2010, per federal guidelines, cursive writing courses are no longer required. Kentucky was one of the first states to eliminate the course, though teachers could choose to continue teaching it.