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Mandatory cursive writing lessons? Lawmaker explains thought behind the bill

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Abbott Declares Return To Phonics & Cursive In Texas Classrooms At GOP Convention

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas is returning to phonics and cursive writing during his June 12, 2026, speech at the Texas ...
wbtv

Lawmaker introduces bill that could bring cursive lessons back to SC classrooms

FORT MILL, S.C. (WBTV) - For decades students learned how to write cursive in grade school. However, in a world of laptops, smart phones and tablets, those lessons have largely faded away. Now, ...
PBS

Why some schools still insist on lessons in elegant cursive

The writing may be on the wall for something that used to be standard fare in our elementary schools. It turns out that the elegant script of cursive handwriting is barely being taught anymore. The ...
AOL

Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California

Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it ...
NorthJersey.com

NJ parents — remember cursive? Your kids will need to learn it now

Bring back the practice worksheets of yore, perfect that slant, and — please — loop those lowercase Ls and Gs. Just as phonics-based reading recently returned to favor after years of emphasizing whole ...
The Conversation

Isolated phonics lessons aren’t working: here’s a better way to teach young children to read and write

Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of “systematic phonics”. “Phonics” describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...
Education Week

More States Require Schools to Teach Cursive Writing. Why?

On October 13, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill making cursive handwriting instruction mandatory in 1st through 6th grades. The legislation passed this year, but it could have just ...
The New York Times

What’s the Point of Teaching Cursive?

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KRDO

Cursive comeback? Why it’s not taught in all CO schools, and why teaching it may be vital

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- If cursive writing is a lost art, Debbie Younger may be the modern-day “Indiana Jones" of penmanship. The Fountain grandmother is on a new crusade to bring back ...
Yahoo

Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / ...
Los Angeles Times

Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California

Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to follow the curvy ups and ...