Two lawmakers have introduced bills that would require students to learn cursive handwriting in Missouri schools.

Reading cursive is a superpower,” said Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential. “We create missions where we ask volunteers to help us transcribe or tag records in our catalog,” Isaacs said. To ...

The National Archives uses Citizen Archivists who volunteer to help transcribe such materials. The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential. “We create missions where we ask ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.

The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival ... The research into handwriting something versus typing it shows that it is still ...

The federal organization tasked with archiving the country’s most precious records and documents is currently looking for volunteers who can read the cursive writing of over 200 years' worth of ...

If you have expertise in reading cursive, then there’s an opportunity ... per the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation. Meanwhile, additional states like Maine, Montana, New Mexico ...

tend to use it only for signing their name -- meaning most people lack practice in reading and deciphering the often dense lettering used in cursive writings. “It’s not just a matter of ...