"Cursive writing shall be taught in all public schools. Each public school shall ensure that such instruction is introduced ...

California kept cursive in its state standards for 3rd and 4th grades, but it wasn’t enforced, Quirk-Silva said, leaving it up to the discretion of districts and often individual teachers.

Item 1 of 7 A student at Orangethorpe Elementary School practices writing cursive as California grade school students are being required to learn cursive handwriting this year, in Fullerton ...

SACRAMENTO - California elementary schools are now required to teach cursive in the classroom. It has not been a requirement since 2010, but many schools including a portion of classrooms at ...

Cursive handwriting is again part of the California elementary school curriculum under a bill signed into law this month. Assembly Bill 446, sponsored by Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-La Palma), amends ...

Even before the new law took effect on Jan. 1, cursive was a California learning goal in grades 3 and 4, but the state and school districts had not enforced its teaching or tested to see whether ...

California schools would be required to teach students more cursive handwriting skills under Assembly Bill 446, which passed the Legislature and now goes before Gov. Gavin Newsom. Getty Images ...

Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and head-scratching.

It hasn't been required in most U.S. schools since 2010, but California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill recently mandating cursive handwriting instruction in elementary school.

California kept cursive in its state standards for third and fourth grades, but it wasn’t enforced, Quirk-Silva said, leaving it up to the discretion of districts and often individual teachers.

Cursive is again becoming something to write home about as experts point out it may just boost a child's brain development. The "Cursive Challenge" is also now going viral on TikTok, with several ...

Years after many considered it a lost art, cursive is now required in California classroom instruction up to the sixth grade. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 446 in the fall, but it didn’t take ...