After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

The skill fell out of favor in schools, but states including Iowa are bringing it back and could see benefits, writes .

As it stands, just 24 states require that cursive is taught in the classroom. But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of ...

We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. Cursive instruction ...

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Also called "script," a form of handwriting in which each letter of a word is connected to another letter. Contrast with "block lettering" or "printing," in which the individual letters do not touch.

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.

White offered guidance on maximizing handwriting’s benefits, including whether to prioritize cursive, the importance of developing automaticity and ensuring handwriting remains a functional literacy ...

Maybe it was the fact that in the States, there’s no real rite of passage attached to learning to write in either script or cursive, except that you escaped the bad marks in the penmanship ...

A Florida bill that would have required cursive handwriting in grades two through five won't be going to Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Legislation that would require cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools was unanimously approved by the House ...