If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.

To understand why cursive writing seems to be a dying art, you have to go all the way back to…well, only 2007, actually. It ...

Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a ...

Pennsylvania schools are preparing to reintroduce cursive into their curriculum. This change was advised to start ...

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

“Research has shown that cursive handwriting enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine ...

The Legislature passed the measure as part of a bigger education bill during the final days of the 2026 Regular Session. The ...

Starting April 12, all public and private schools in Pennsylvania must reintroduce cursive handwriting into their curriculum.

Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the flourishes, the art and the discipline that go into writing “longhand.” (Does anybody use that word anymore?) My late ...

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 ...