Florida bill would require cursive instruction in elementary schools

Elementary-school students would have to learn how to write in cursive, under a bill set to be vetted by a House committee ...
Arizona Daily Star

Arizona students will now be required to learn cursive

PHOENIX — Arizona will require public schools to teach cursive handwriting as one of a number of new education standards approved by the state Board of Education. The move amends state's current ...
WPEC CBS 12 on MSN

Can your child read this? Florida pushes new cursive requirement for schools

HB 127 would require all public school students in grades 2 through 5 to learn cursive and, for the first time, prove they’re ...

New Florida bill would require students to learn cursive

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Back to basics? Cursive lessons will be mandatory for Florida kids if this bill passes

A pair of bills filed for the 2026 Legislative Session would mandate students from second to fifth grade to learn how to ...
The 74

The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning

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WOKV

Florida lawmaker pushing for students to demonstrate proficient cursive reading and writing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In an age when students are often working on computers, typing up essays and homework instead of writing them out, the art of cursive writing may feel like a relic of the past.
allotsego

No Cursive? What’s Up?

Recently I came across a paper I wrote 60 years ago, in 1965, when I was a freshman at Cooperstown Central School. The English teacher required every ninth-grader to write an autobiography. I thought ...
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cursive learning

Recently I came across a paper I wrote 60 years ago, in 1965, when I was a freshman at Cooperstown Central School. The English teacher required every ninth-grader to write an autobiography. I thought ...
WMBB

Florida Cursive Writing Proposal Drawn Up

FLORIDA – Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City, has refiled legislation aimed at requiring public elementary-school students to learn cursive writing. The measure (HB 127), filed for consideration during ...
atlantanewsfirst

Cobb elementary schools recognized for excellence in teaching cursive

COBB COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The death of cursive has been greatly exaggerated. On Wednesday, five Cobb County elementary schools were recognized for their efforts in teaching kids what ...
PBS

The New American Cursive with Iris Hatfield

Meet Iris Hatfield, the Louisville woman who created 'The New American Cursive.' Cursive will be a new requirement in Kentucky's public elementary schools this year ...