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

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In ...

A Kentucky law that passed in the spring of 2024 will require elementary schools to teach cursive writing, starting with the ...

Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago. In 2010, most states adopted Common Core academic standards which omitted cursive handwriting from expected academic skills to be ...

Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago. In 2010, most states adopted which omitted cursive handwriting from expected academic skills to be learned by K-8 students.

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Five states began requiring cursive in the 2018-2019 school year. California and New Hampshire joined the list in 2023 and Kentucky and Iowa in 2024 became the most recent states to require cursive.

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

Missouri State Reps. Renne Reuter (R-Imperial) and Petty McGaugh (R-Carrollton) have sponsored house bills 346 and 375, both of which would require cursive handwriting instruction and testing in ...

Historically, cursive writing was a necessary skill. The ability to write quickly and legibly was essential for notetaking, personal correspondence, and even completing standardized forms.

If you’re not confident in your cursive deciphering skills, the National Archives has other tasks available, too—such as “tagging” documents that other volunteers have already transcribed.