I hope that the time once devoted to teaching cursive can now be diverted to teaching students about the content of their writing rather than its physical form.

Consequently, cursive writing instruction waned. But within the past decade, statewide cursive requirements have been trending upward. In 2016, 14 states required schools to teach cursive writing.

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law.

Starting this year, California grade school students are required to learn cursive handwriting, after the skill had fallen out of fashion in the computer age.

Why Cursive Is Finally Making a Comeback in Public Schools Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script.

Also, because computers. The biggest controversy to take place in the world of penmanship is happening right now: The Common Core education standards dictate that cursive will no longer be taught ...

Others say cursive helps students write faster than print, and that they need it to develop a signature. Technology took priority So why didn’t the common-core writers include cursive?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last Friday that requires the teaching of cursive writing in schools for grades one through six.