The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages ...

A new bill making its way through the New Jersey state legislature could require public schools to teach cursive writing from ...

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The National Archives uses Citizen Archivists who volunteer to help transcribe such materials. The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential. “We create missions where we ask ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WVII) -- A Maine bill looks to bring back a classroom requirement from years past: learning how to write in cursive. The bill was submitted by Representative Joseph Underwood ...

There is also some evidence that learning cursive benefits the brain. “More and more neuroscience research is supporting the idea that writing out letters in cursive, especially in comparison to ...

Cursive seems to be a lost art, but there’s an opportunity for history enthusiasts, who also still value the traditional handwriting style. The National Archives is looking for volunteers to ...

The federal organization tasked with archiving the country’s most precious records and documents is currently looking for volunteers who can read the cursive writing of over 200 years' worth of ...