Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5.

Public schools must teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it, under a bill signed by Gov.
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Cursive writing to be taught in New Jersey schools again under new law

Elementary school teachers in New Jersey should be teaching cursive writing in 2026-27 thanks to a new law signed by Phil ...

Cursive writing classes made mandatory for New Jersey students grades 3-5

New Jersey students in the third, fourth and fifth grade will be required to learn cursive writing due to a bill signed by ...
KQED

Cursive, Print, or Type? The Point is To Keep Writing

Across the country, many school districts dropped cursive from their curricula years ago. The new Common Core State Standards now being implemented in most states never mention the word "cursive." ...
WMAZ

Cursive writing lessons return to Georgia classrooms with new state standards

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Cursive writing is making a return to Georgia classrooms this school year, thanks to updated English Language Arts standards from the Georgia Department of Education. Starting ...
The Globe and Mail

Learning cursive might not be a waste of time after all

Brianna Bell is a writer based in Guelph, Ont. At the end of June, while students and teachers were packing up their bags and dreaming of summer vacation, Ontario’s Education Minister Stephen Lecce ...
NPR

Does The Fight For A Cursive Comeback Miss The Point?

When was the last time you wrote in cursive? Was it a thank-you note for that birthday sweater? Perhaps a check to the baby sitter? The fact is, you may know how to loop and swirl with the best of ...