It’s required by the Oklahoma Education Standards. The new legislation puts the standard into the law books. Rose said cursive writing helps students build their comprehension of language.

But for many children growing up today, cursive can be akin to hieroglyphics, as the Modesto Bee reported. Common core standards prefer that students “use technology to produce and publish writing ...

A new Florida bill aims to make cursive writing mandatory in elementary schools during the 2025-2026 academic year, citing ...

“The more easily you are able to write, the more time ... wrote in her 2016 book, “The History an Uncertain Future of Handwriting,” that cursive will inevitably be phased out.