Shunned in computer age, cursive makes a comeback in California


Upper multi-aged teacher of grades 4 to 6 at Orangethorpe Elementary School, Pamela Keller, teaches students cursive writing at Orangethorpe Elementary School, in Fullerton, California, U.S. January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake

FULLERTON, California (Reuters) - A generation of children who learned to write on screens is now going old school.

Starting this year, California grade school students are required to learn cursive handwriting, after the skill had fallen out of fashion in the computer age.

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