So, is learning cursive a useful, beneficial part of education (those without it may have a hard time developing a signature, for instance)? Or is it time to move on from this quaint relic of past ...

Educators often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone something that’s not mandated such as cursive handwriting. In several ...

No problem. But cursive writing has truly become the hieroglyphics of this generation. I specifically remember being a fourth grader with terrible handwriting. At the time we received grades for ...

For a long time, cursive writing was a part of state curricula across the country because it was considered the traditional way to write. But with the arrival of home computers and the internet ...

In recent years, cursive has been displaced in many schools to make time for modern skills like keyboarding and other educational priorities. An Aroostook County lawmaker would like to see that ...

“Take your time,” Durelli instructed. “You want to make it nice and neat.” Cursive writing is included in the curriculum at Indian Mills School in Shamong, New Jersey, where students begin ...

In the 5th grade, both the letter case writing and the cursive writing skills are tested." Think back to the last time you used cursive. Your signature, maybe? Probably not on a check, though ...

Imagine a time when children can’t read historical ... And even some elementary school teachers confess they don’t know how to write in cursive. This might sound like the handwriting ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person's signature. Educators often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to ...

Shawn Datchuk is an associate professor of special education at the University of Iowa. This essay from The Conversation is republished under a Creative Commons license. Recently, my 8-year-old ...