Gov. Shapiro signs a law reintroducing cursive writing in classrooms. Supports say it might bring cognitive benefits to ...

Watro’s legislation to restore cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools is now law. “It connects us to our history, strengthens learning and deepens our understanding of the world,” ...

Known as House Bill 17, the legislation requires cursive handwriting to be taught in all Pennsylvania schools.

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed Monday ...

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 ...

New Jersey public school students in the third, fourth and fifth grades will be taught cursive writing. That proposal was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy Monday on his last full day as the Garden ...

New Jersey's public schools must by law teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it.

New Jersey is flipping the script and ordering its public schools to bring back cursive writing starting next fall. In one of his final acts as governor, Phil Murphy on Monday signed legislation ...

As one of his final acts, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has ...

Cursive is making a comeback. The looping handwriting style defined by flowing, connected letters had faded from curricula in places such as the United States, Finland and Switzerland as schools ...