Cursive is making a comeback. But does it deserve one?

Cursive instruction, once a daily 45-minute subject, faded through the late 20th century as computer skills and Common Core's keyboarding standards crowded it out. Since North Carolina's 2013 cursive law, more than 25 states have reinstated instruction requirements, citing reasons from reading historical documents to thwarting AI-assisted homework.

Research does show handwriting broadly aids memory and learning, and some studies link cursive specifically to reading gains and benefits for students with dyslexia. But it's unclear whether that research isolated cursive from ordinary print, and many current teachers were never taught cursive themselves, raising practical questions about who exactly is meant to teach it.

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