Georgia’s new English language arts standards, which take effect in July, will include an emphasis on handwriting, and ...

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Teachers often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone cursive handwriting.

Once considered a dying craft, cursive writing may soon see a revival in public schools across Florida thanks to a bill that would mandate extended instruction for elementary school students. On March ...

A new Florida bill aims to make cursive writing mandatory in elementary schools during the 2025-2026 academic year, citing brain development and cultural heritage.

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Florida legislative panels OK’d bills on Tuesday, March 11, that would require students to learn cursive and ban them from using phones during the entire school day.

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Can you read cursive? National Archives needs volunteers with that 'superpower' skill The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.

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.

“Reading cursive is a superpower,” Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, DC, told USA TODAY.

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.