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Joe Rogan’s worried about the decline of cursive. Are you?

Connie January 17, 2025

Recently, podcaster and Ultimate Fighting aficionado, Joe Rogan, had on an expert guest in ancient and biblical languages (Wes Huff). During the episode (which you can find here, but we…

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Can Cursive Swing an Election? (2028, we’re looking at you)

Connie November 8, 2024

Provocative title? Yes. Potential reality? Also, yes. Cursive, in its most basic form, is connecting the letters of a word together. The most-used words in cursive nowadays? Our names, namely…

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Kentucky joins California and New Hampshire to mandate cursive handwriting in public schools

Connie June 6, 2024

In February of this year (2024) Kentucky lawmakers introduced a bill that would require cursive handwriting to be taught in public schools, beginning in 2025. The bill, SB 167, passed…

Pennsylvania’s Cursive Legislation. Here’s where it stands in February 2024

Connie February 20, 2024

Pennsylvania may join nearly two dozen other states in requiring public schools to teach cursive writing — by law. Both California and New Hampshire passed bills in 2023, making cursive…

Who Invented Cursive Writing?

Connie December 7, 2019

Handwriting itself was invented by several civilizations. Writing is how humans record their achievements, artworks, and tell stories for generations to come. Over centuries, handwriting styles kept evolving as every…

The 25 States that Require Cursive Writing [Updated!]

Connie May 17, 2019

Is there a comeback of cursive? As of this year (2025), 25 states in the U.S.A. require students to learn to write in cursive handwriting. The art of penmanship, aka…

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Joe Rogan’s worried about the decline of cursive. Are you?

Can Cursive Swing an Election? (2028, we’re looking at you)

Kentucky joins California and New Hampshire to mandate cursive handwriting in public schools

Pennsylvania’s Cursive Legislation. Here’s where it stands in February 2024

Who Invented Cursive Writing?

The 25 States that Require Cursive Writing [Updated!]

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