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

Pennsylvania’s students will soon learn how to write in cursive once again, as a bill requiring such education is headed to Governor Josh Shapiro’s desk. House Bill 17 ...

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

New Jersey mandates cursive instruction in all districts by 2026–27. Gov. Murphy cites history & cognitive benefits. Click ...

A new state law requires teaching cursive writing in elementary schools starting in September. Some educators aren't happy ...

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my 7-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head and handed it back. “I can’t read this,” she said. “It’s in cursive.” First, I ...

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 ...

In one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new state law that mandates cursive instruction for grades three through five in all public schools "We owe it to our students to give them a ...

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 ...

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 ...