Qazvin, Iran’s calligraphy capital, has preserved centuries of artistic tradition shaped by religious schools, Safavid royal ...

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. Until the early ...

Reading, writing and arithmetic used to be school standards but then cursive began disappearing from many schools as literacy and math became the main focus. But now, in Pennsylvania, cursive ...

For decades, teachers, parents and wider society recognised the importance of good cursive script. Beautiful handwriting has the ability to stop us in our tracks. We notice it, we admire it and many ...

Colleen Endrizzi fondly recalls when she first experienced the “lost language” as a homeschooled kindergartener. She learned it side by side with manuscript writing, a style in which letters are ...

I remember the first time my second-grade teacher permitted me to use cursive writing on my assignments. At the time, I viewed it as an accomplishment: I could now use cursive for all my assignments!

Florida elementary school students will now be required to learn cursive writing beginning this school year under a new state law that took effect July 1. The requirement is part of Senate Bill 182, a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A new Florida law will require cursive writing to be taught between grades 3 to 5 starting the upcoming 2026-2027 school year. The law goes into effect on Wednesday, July 1, and ...

Florida public school students in grades 3 through 5 will be required to learn cursive writing — and prove they’ve mastered it — when a new state law takes effect July 1. Gov. DeSantis signed the ...

A Michigan lawmaker has introduced a bill to reintroduce cursive writing instruction in schools as an option. Proponents argue cursive connects students to history, improves cognitive function, and ...

Years after it was omitted from the Common Core standards, some students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries. Some states are bringing it back to classrooms. Credit ...