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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 20, 2023//PRNewswire// In today's classrooms the emphasis on research-aligned reading and writing instruction is at an all-time high. Proficiency in both reading and written expression is heavily dependent on transcription skills, which encompass handwriting and spelling. Handwriting is one of the most fundamental transcription skills that students must master to become proficient writers. On January 20 th , 2024, the virtual 2024 Handwriting Collaborativ

From the start of 2024, the state of California reinstated the requirement that first through sixth graders in public schools learn to write in cursive. The handwriting technique stopped being taught in the Golden State in 2010, but now California re-joins nearly two dozen US states that have made cursive education mandatory in some form. While cursive—also known as joined italics—was momentarily thought of as a dying art in the US, the move by California has reignited debat