Who decided to stop teaching cursive in schools? The U.S. government decided to stop teaching it in schools in 2010, but why would they do that? Well because that was when the rise of chromebooks in school started the government said it was more important to teach touch typing. Cursive started as a way to write faster while handwriting. Cursive originated from the Roman Empire in the 8th century. 21 states still teach cursive, those states include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. How would bringing it back impact our lives? It would help our brain function, according to the National Education Association, it would “train the brain to learn functional specialization, improve memory, and improve fine motor skills, meaning that students who have illegible print, often have legible cursive handwriting.” Other countries such as Egypt, Russia, Greece, and China use their own form of cursive.