In this photo illustration, Jayme Rost, a second-grade teacher at West Point Elementary in Hempfield, demonstrates how she teaches cursive writing in her classroom, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

By fifth grade, when the curriculum is split evenly between English and the target language, students have the option of using either cursive or printing.

And while their state legislatures did not pass a law, at least three states have regulations, through administrative codes, requiring schools to teach cursive writing, she said.

Earlier this week, Katie Zezima for The New York Times reported that cursive handwriting seems to be dying off. Fewer people are using it, and teachers are spending less time making sure their ...

"Handwriting, which includes basic letter formation not cursive, is a component of the Common Core State Standard for writing and therefore is included in the Stamford Public Schools' English ...

The Iowa Reading Research Center has released a free cursive instruction online tool to help teachers and parents offer a ...

One Staunton teacher said most in the community don't think schools still teach cursive. That's not true, she said.

According to Abigail Soriano-Lentz, an English language arts curriculum coordinator for the East Side Union High School District in San Jose, California, cursive writing had not been part of the ...

Cursive began fading from classrooms after California and 40 other states adopted the 2010 Common Core State Standards for English and math, which didn’t include the out-of-fashion script.

Traditional handwriting is making a comeback in schools in one state after new legislation was just signed to require cursive instruction in first through sixth grade.

Iowa is among 42 states and the District of Columbia, to have adopted the Common Core State Standards for English, which omits cursive handwriting from the required curriculum.

More and more states are dropping handwriting from their core curricula. Jan. 24, 2011 -- The handwriting may be on the wall for cursive. At least that's what some people fear as schools across ...