Learning to write in cursive may no longer be popular in American schools, but education experts stress that the craft can be beneficial to students in more ways than one.

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.

Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or ...

The Georgia Department of Education is bringing back cursive writing instruction to public elementary schools for the 2025-26 school year.

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Senate Bill 167 requires cursive writing be taught in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.

When students return to classrooms after summer break ends, the Georgia Department of Education will begin cursive writing courses for public school students.

In the 20th century, American students still drilled with one of these techniques, the Palmer Method.. Alongside legibility and uniformity, new handwriting systems offered fluency.

The Palmer Method became the most popular style of cursive writing in the United States. A few schools in this area used a style of cursive known as the Peterson Directed Handwriting system.

They were both schooled in the Palmer Method of cursive writing, and not only were they drilled in it – as were we – but they also adhered to it. Dave and I are midcentury children.

The Palmer Method streamlined the flourishes of the Spencerian Method, creating a simpler and faster system of writing. First introduced through his 1894 book Palmer’s Guide to Business Writing, the ...