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 ...

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

Cursive instruction waned after Common Core Standards were adopted by most states in 2010, but in recent years, cursive ...

Moving forward, handwriting instruction for grades 1 to 6 is to include writing “in cursive or joined italics in the appropriate grade levels,” the law states. Advertisement The directive ...

Common core standards prefer that students “use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.” But now, California is one of ...

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 ...

Teaching cursive writing became an optional curriculum in 2011 when Indiana adopted the Common Core State Standards for education. Since then, Sen. Jean Leising, R-Oldenburg, ...