Michelle Dal Piaz, 35, teaches fourth grade in the South Bronx, at a school where “cursive in the curriculum is nonexistent,” she says. “And I would say it’s important.

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For several afternoons this summer, she had them practice D'Nealian — a form of printing said to be a precursor to cursive. "I would love to see an emphasis on pretty handwriting again," she said.

A bill is pending in the Michigan House to restore an optional cursive curriculum to schools. It should be mandatory.

Inside the classroom, a new Kentucky law requires students to learn cursive. Senate Bill 167, which passed in 2024, goes into ...

Otherwise, the result is a curriculum that is a mile wide and an inch deep, as California’s has famously been. Cursive might be one skill that can be painlessly dropped to make way for new ones.

The statewide shift means students across Georgia will now practice cursive as part of their regular coursework.

Cursive loyalists lament the loss of cursive teaching in schools. WSJ's Andy Jordan reports from San Francisco. RALEIGH, N.C.—Across North Carolina and in dozens of other states, teachers are ...

Freya said, to her, cursive is a form of art, and it shows. "I practice a lot of drawing, so my artistic abilities come through for handwriting and writing," said Freya.