Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive ...

As cursive instruction fades from many classrooms ... Mastering individual letters is important, but White emphasized that students should quickly move on to writing words and phrases. “If students ...

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 ...

It forces students to slow down, think about word spelling and sentence structure ... “Beyond its practical applications, the ability to both write and read cursive is essential for studying ...

And even some elementary school teachers confess they don’t know how to write in cursive. This might sound like the handwriting apocalypse doomsayers have warned of for generations. But it’s ...

“Some recent research suggests that cursive handwriting forces kids to just slow down, think about word spelling and sentence structure, and question whether the word they’re about to write ...

Florida House Bill 921 would require all students in second through fifth grade to learn to write in cursive. Why is this law ...

“The more easily you are able to write, the more time and energy ... phonemic (sound) awareness and word reading.” Cursive in the books In 2019, state Sen. Andrew Brenner, a Delaware County ...