Pennsylvania is joining about 25 other states — including Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware — in requiring cursive instruction.

Cursive writing lessons will be back in Pennsylvania classrooms after state lawmakers passed legislation requiring its reintroduction this month. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the bill into law Wednesday.

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

You'll notice cursive is coming back to classrooms after Pennsylvania's new law requires schools to teach it again, and that ...

Pennsylvania is joining about 25 other states — including Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware — in requiring ...

Governor Shapiro has signed a bill that could change the lesson plans in Pennsylvania schools. House Bill 17 states that all Pennsylvania elementary schools are required to teach cursive ...

Students currently learn cursive between third and fifth grade. If House Bill 127 becomes law, students will begin learning ...

The lower chamber voted 111 to 0 in favor of the legislation ( HB 127 ). But as also was the case in 2025, the aspirational ...

Bring back the practice worksheets of yore, perfect that slant, and — please — loop those lowercase Ls and Gs. Just as phonics-based reading recently returned to favor after years of emphasizing whole ...

In one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new state law that mandates cursive instruction for grades three through five in all public schools "We owe it to our students to give them a ...

As one of his final acts, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has ...