With most correspondence done electronically these days, the teaching of a certain style of handwriting had fallen out of favor in recent years with educational institutions.
But now apparently, cursive is surging back into society’s good graces.
Part of the push for getting cursive back into curriculums nationwide is coming from state governments. More than 20 states have passed legislation that either requires or at least encourages the teaching of cursive in public schools.
California was the most recent state to join the push just last month.
A big reason for the sudden change of heart: Recent studies have shown learning cursive can enhance academic achievement.
But a secondary reason could involve the ability of future generations to accurately analyze our nation’s history.
“A lot of the historical documents going back two or three decades are actually in cursive,” California Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva, a former elementary school teacher, told the Sacramento Bee. “I went on 23andMe looking for some family records and they were all written in cursive.”
As a result, cursive is being rescued from what would have been certain obscurity in the digital age.