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Senators Shirley Turner and Angela McKnight have proposed making cursive a mandatory skill to teach in New Jersey schools.

“One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report book ... where he learned enough cursive in the public school system to write his name.

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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.