What states still teach cursive?

But some states are already going back to cursive. As of the 2015-2016 school year, the following states had returned to a curriculum that includes cursive: North Carolina; Arkansas; Tennessee; California; Georgia; Kansas; One school district in Ohio got around curriculum difficulties by introducing cursive writing as part of an art class. read more

Cursive writing was supposed to be dead by now. Schools would stop teaching it. Kids would stop learning it. Everyone would stop using it. The Common Core standards adopted by most states in recent years no longer required teaching cursive in public schools, and the widespread reaction was succinct: good riddance. read more

Many of the school districts that still teach cursive use Handwriting Without Tears materials. And in areas where schools have abandoned cursive, many individual families who want their kids to learn the writing style purchase the brand’s workbooks for home instruction. read more

That's why at least seven states — California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Utah — have moved to keep the cursive requirement. Legislation passed in North Carolina and elsewhere couples cursive with memorization of multiplication tables as twin "back to basics" mandates. read more