In one of his final acts as governor before leaving office, Phil Murphy told New Jersey schools what to do again. Cursive Photo by Nedim T. on Unsplash loading...Cursive is backNow he’s told schools with a swipe of his pen that they must teach cursive handwriting in third, fourth, and fifth grades. No, you don’t need to read cursive to understand what’s in the U.S. Constitution, or any other founding documents. To be told cursive is no longer needed is, I think, making some people feel ancient. We can go back to quaint cursive writing and assignments to send cursive letters to grandma.