Anyway, that’s what the little guy is looking forward to in the third grade. To this day, like a century ago, the learning of cursive writing is considered a very big deal.

Georgia classrooms reintroduce cursive writing for students from third to fifth grade, making it part of assessed coursework.

Mercado was surprised when her third-grade daughter, Meghan, came home one day writing her name in cursive. “She must be learning it in class,” she says.

Starting in 2017, students in Louisiana schools will learn cursive writing in 3rd grade—and they’ll keep getting instruction on it through graduation. A bill signed by Louisiana governor John ...

New Jersey bill would require all students to learn cursive by the end of 3rd grade Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, who introduced the bill, said Tuesday that schools are "doing our children a ...

Dana Russell teaches cursive to her 3rd grade class at Laurel School Upper Campus in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. A law taking effect in 2024 will require cursive instruction.