Thursday, May 14, 2026

The return of cursive for Throwback Thursday

Happy Throwback Thursday! TODAY introduces today's topic as NBC’s Emilie Ikeda explains Why States Are Pushing to Save Cursive Handwriting in Schools.

In the age of typing, scrolling and voice-to-text, putting a pen to paper is increasingly rare but states including New Jersey, Georgia, Kentucky and California have recently enacted requirements to incorporate instruction on cursive handwriting. Language experts says the move is backed by science with cursive shown to improve reading, memory and fine motor skills in children. NBC’s Emilie Ikeda reports for TODAY.
Cursive? That's definitely a throwback. I first wrote about it in The collapse of cursive from July 31, 2013. It was one of the top posts of last year, which is why I'm revisiting the topic.

NBC New York focused on one particular state's effort to revive and maintain the script in Bringing back cursive: New law requires teaching in New Jersey schools.

A new law passed in New Jersey by departing Gov. Phil Murphy is reintegrating a cursive program back into schools. Jen Maxfield has the latest.
I described how politicians, mostly Republicans, reacted to the absence of cursive in the Common Core standards in Vox on the decline of cursive by mandating teaching it. Former New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy shows that at least some Democrats are doing this, too.

Another state Ikeda mentioned in her TODAY report was Georgia. WCNC examined the Peach State's efforts when it asked Is cursive making a comeback?

The skill of writing in cursive nearly disappeared during the pandemic, but students at an elementary school in Georgia are proving it's far from forgotten.
I think Lisa Washington won the handwriting contest.

Follow over the jump for how a 13-year-old entry about cursive returned to the top posts during the 15th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News.


The collapse of cursive from July 31, 2013 earned 434 raw page views from web search by March 20, 2026 (the image is from the 21st or 22nd) to rank 81st during the 15th year of the blog.

That's a wrap for today's brief retrospective . Stay tuned for Flashback Friday as I finally resume my survey of the nominees at this year's News & Doc Emmy Awards.

Previous posts in this series Previous retrospectives about the back catalog.
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