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 ...

Cursive writing shows warmth and that someone took the time to sit down and write rather than rush to a keyboard or keypad.” Maria Jette, 65, a classical singer who lives in Minnesota ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

And visual-motor coordination is used to write each letter and adjust movements as needed. Besides potential benefits to overall writing and reading development, cursive handwriting continues to ...

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 ...