I would assume maybe it because of history and school system being shitty.
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Back when students still wrote with dip pens and ink, cursive was taught as a means of writing more quickly and smoothly, with less chance of ink spatter and clogging.
When ballpoint pens came along, this eliminated the ink flow problems dip pens had. By then, cursive had become tradition, and so schools looked for any reason to keep it in the curriculum (faster, helps with brain development, helps with motor skills—although the actual results of these claims are negligible).
Classes in calligraphy could provide the same motor skill training, but for some reason the association with art means school funding would be harder to come by. At this point in history, cursive classes are a relic of tradition.
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