In 2010, cursive was omitted from the new national Common Core standards for K–12 education. The students in my class, and their peers, were then somewhere in elementary school.

Back to School Cursive writing in American schools: Here's where this 'dying art' is still taught and why it matters There are 21 US states that currently have cursive in their curricula ...

Across the country, cursive writing had been substantially abandoned for more than a decade in favor of teaching elementary school students to type after they learned to print letters.

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.

Cursive may be easier to write than print — for many, at least — but it’s harder to read. And besides, because so many cursive letters differ significantly from their printed equivalents, ...

A third-grade student practices cursive writing in a 2023 file photo. To teach cursive handwriting, or not to teach it, is a topic that can divide, but recently updated educational guidance in ...

At St. Brigid — where the school logo is written in cursive – third graders are always excited to learn cursive, said teacher Cindy Halpin, who has been teaching it for 36 years.

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 ...

The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers to transcribe more than 200 years worth of documents. You can help, even if you can't read cursive.