A bill for it to be taught in schools heads to the state Senate after passing last week in the House by a 195-8 margin.

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In ...

The 2025 school year in Georgia will start in August and this time, it’s bringing back an older lesson plan for its newer ...

Cursive is making a comeback. This fall, Georgia’s elementary students will officially dive back into the art of handwriting ...

Georgia elementary schoolers will officially be learning cursive writing starting this upcoming school year.The Georgia ...

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.

Context. In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills.

Historically, cursive writing was a necessary skill. The ability to write quickly and legibly was essential for notetaking, personal correspondence, and even completing standardized forms.

Georgia’s new English language arts standards will include an emphasis on handwriting, and particularly cursive. The previous ...

We may use your writing sample in coverage of the new law. You can send your own life experience related to handwriting or cursive to: howard.blume@latimes.com Advertisement ...

Context: In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills.