Gov. Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 17 on Wednesday, making cursive instruction mandatory in all Pennsylvania public schools.

Act 2 of 2026 requires cursive handwriting to be taught at Pennsylvania public and private schools. Pennsylvania will join 18 ...

Pennsylvania schools are required to teach cursive handwriting under a new law.

Legislation that would require state schools to teach cursive handwriting has been sent to Gov. Josh Shapiro for approval. The state House of Representatives approved House Bill 17 in a 195-8 vote in ...

Move over printing and texting. Pennsylvania is going old school by requiring public schools to teach cursive writing. Gov. Josh ...

Students currently learn cursive between third and fifth grade. If House Bill 127 becomes law, students will begin learning ...

Pennsylvania has enacted a new law mandating cursive handwriting instruction in its schools. Proponents argue this move, supported by cognitive studies, enhances memory, language, and critical ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I’ll be honest: my handwriting didn’t come from ruler-wielding teachers in elementary school. It came from watching and mimicking my mother’s clear and elegant script. Her cursive ...

Tyara Brooks teaches her fourth-grade students how to write in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) “Messy! Messy!” Nearly 40 years later, the ...

Sitting in the newly renovated St. Anastasia School playground as a fifth grader four years ago doing her homework, Maritza Escamilla was approached by a student from nearby Glen Flora Elementary ...

The Cursive Academy is now offering classes for senior citizens and people with special needs under a partnership with Travail With Us.