Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon ...

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

Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old witness who took the stand in the recent case against George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin, stunned many when she admitted she couldn't read cursive. But ...

Gov. Shapiro signs a law reintroducing cursive writing in classrooms. Supports say it might bring cognitive benefits to ...

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 ...

The flow of motion from putting pencil to paper and writing in cursive strengthens cognitive development and fosters fine ...

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 ...

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

Shapiro signs bill that requires teaching cursive writing in schools ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) — Cursive handwriting is on its way to making a big comeback in Pennsylvania after a new bill makes ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a law returning cursive handwriting to Pennsylvania elementary schools. What do you think about the requirement? Vote in our poll.

“Handwriting was initially the first means of preserving information that was previously only passed down orally,” explains Donica. Before the invention of the printing press, copying information or ...