I’m an NYC public school mom and I’m furious our kids can’t write in cursive — why we need to fix it now

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head ...

Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5.

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools ...
abc7NY

Does your kid know cursive? It's coming back as a requirement to schools in one state

SAN FRANCISCO -- Traditional handwriting is making a comeback in schools in one state after a new bill was just signed into legislation. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will ...

Cursive Writing Is Becoming Mandatory in New Jersey Public Schools. Here’s When the New Law Goes into Effect

As one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back ...
Los Angeles Times

Don’t force kids to learn cursive. Mine is terrible, and I’m doing just fine

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...