Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

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 decline of cursive handwriting was bemoaned even before the rise of the personal computer. Some schools still teach it, but others have long since left the curly “Qs” and artful “As ...