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

A bill filed by state Rep. Jill York, R- Grayson, that would require cursive writing to be taught in elementary schools stalled in the 2017 General Assembly.

Cursive writing has disappeared from many elementary schools' curriculum as it has taken a backseat to teaching students keyboarding. ... Their classmate Grayson West said he finds it annoying.

Rep. Jill York, a Republican from Grayson, filed House Bill 495 Friday, which would amend the the state statute on student writing to say that "by the beginning of the 2018-2019 year, cursive ...

In addition, cursive writing has been shown to improve left-right brain synergy and even promote the brain’s language and memory functions. On a practical level, it’s faster, allowing cursive ...

For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about cursive writing. Like Latin, it’s a dead language — er, lost art — and I was determined to resurrect it.

Less than 10 years ago, only 14 states required schools to teach cursive—but that number has been steadily increasing, with 24 now having some kind of requirement. This year, Kentucky became the ...

Laws mandating cursive be taught in schools vary across the Bi-state. Here's which students are required to learn how to read and write in cursive. Skip Navigation ...

Learning cursive can unlock creativity and improve brain function, lawmakers said. But the practical application shouldn’t be overlooked, according to Fantasia.