Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law this week a bipartisan measure that requires schools to teach K-12 students to write in cursive.

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a law returning cursive handwriting to Pennsylvania elementary schools. We asked what you thought.

The older one (age 25) asked his mother to teach him cursive; the younger one (age 21) cannot read a Hallmark card or anything in cursive.

When I was an elementary school student in the Boston public schools, we learned cursive handwriting, also known as penmanship, starting at about 3rd grade. We had inkwells in the ...

Governor Shapiro has signed a bill that could change the lesson plans in Pennsylvania schools. House Bill 17 states that all Pennsylvania elementary schools are required to teach cursive handwriting.

Bring back the practice worksheets of yore, perfect that slant, and — please — loop those lowercase Ls and Gs. Just as phonics-based reading recently returned to favor after years of emphasizing whole ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Elementary students across Florida could soon be required to learn to write and read in cursive. House Bill 127, sponsored by State ...

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head and handed it back. “I can’t read this,” she said. “It’s in cursive.” First, ...

As one of his final acts, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has ...

New Jersey is flipping the script and ordering its public schools to bring back cursive writing starting next fall. In one of his final acts as governor, Phil Murphy on Monday signed legislation ...

Students in New Jersey are to be required to learn cursive starting next school year. This requirement comes after Phil Murphy, during his last full day as New Jersey governor Jan. 19, signed a new ...

New Jersey public school students in the third, fourth and fifth grades will be taught cursive writing. That proposal was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy Monday on his last full day as the Garden ...