Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child in the Philadelphia School District, chances are they have not been taught how to read or write cursive either. But cursive handwriting is making a ...

Adams said he believes handwriting is not only fundamental but also necessary. “When students are no longer taught how to read and write in cursive, they find themselves unprepared to learn from ...

students between first and sixth grade will learn to write in cursive under a new state law. Yes, cursive. But is cursive a skill that students or adults actually need? Try out these letters and ...

Educators and parents are observing a surge in US youths who don’t know how to read or write in cursive — which they blame on handwriting increasingly becoming obsolete in the digital age.

Even if students use digital pens and write by hand on an interactive computer screen, cursive handwriting helps the brain learn and remember better. These findings (Askvik, Van der Weel ...

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 ...

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 ...

Let's take a moment now for a little writing challenge. Take out a pen and paper and write your name in cursive. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: I can do it. I know Steve can do it, too. If you're ...

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 ...

Caleb Murray, a participant in the group's cursive writing program, stated, “And I also wanted to learn because I never learned how to write in cursive throughout my childhood.” Ray with ...