Five states began requiring cursive in the 2018-2019 school year. California and New Hampshire joined the list in 2023 and Kentucky and Iowa in 2024 became the most recent states to require cursive.

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages of handwritten Revolutionary War-era documents. So far, more than ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Two lawmakers have introduced bills that would require students to learn cursive handwriting in Missouri schools. Missouri State Reps. Renne Reuter (R-Imperial) and Petty ...

Get a read on this. The National Archives is seeking volunteers who can read cursive to help transcribe more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog, saying the skill is a “superpower.” ...

One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship once considered a common skill. While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

Are you a superhero? You might be if you can read cursive. And just like those superheroes in comic books and movies, those powers are needed more than ever. Queue the spotlight. The National ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like ... She started volunteering as a transcriber in June and learned a new word – paleography, deciphering historical manuscripts.

If you can read this cursive writing, the National Archives ... And he went back to New York through Canada, going through Montreal and then Halifax. So he had kind of an extraordinary journey.

Raise your hand if you’re one of the remaining few who can still read cursive! It’s a dying art ... and bounty land warrant application file of New Hampshire veteran Bezaleel Howe.