As it stands, just 24 states require that cursive is taught in the classroom. But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts for K-8 students in the U.S. Several states in recent years have ...

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

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 ...

When you write, do it at a normal pace (not ... These are the elements you’ll need to focus on to improve your handwriting. No matter if you do cursive, print, or a combination of the two ...

These evidence-based benefits of learning how to write in cursive are powerful. But that doesn’t make cursive writing easy to implement in the classroom setting. Even before the common-core ...

Handwriting instruction had already been ... Given a current generation of students in which so few can read or write cursive, one cannot assume it will ever again serve as an effective form ...

It’s the handwriting equivalent of churning ... But kids today learn how to text before they can write and may view cursive as a meaningless skill. However, one’s signature is the ultimate ...

“Handwriting was initially the first means ... and schools.” Today, learning to write cursive is one of 9 school subjects that you took that your kids won’t. As the personal computer took ...

“Reading cursive is a superpower ... The research into handwriting something versus typing it shows that it is still most beneficial to write with pen and paper. However, the greatest ...