Because cursive required a level of fine-motor skills not typically accessible before third grade, printing was embraced as a way to get younger children to express themselves through writing.

Learning to write in cursive may no longer be popular in American schools, but education experts stress that the craft can be beneficial to students in more ways than one.

In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through fifth graders will learn again how to do just that. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson went out ...

An Indiana Department of Education report due this Friday may add fuel to the debate for the return of compulsory cursive writing instruction at Hoosier public and charter elementary schools.

"Rise and Shine" K-2nd Grade Literacy Lesson with 2018 ATOY Randi House - Cursive Letters ...

Learning to write cursive well has enormous motivational and emotional benefits. First, writing cursive is a form of drawing, and children naturally love to draw.

The importance of a legible and consistent signature was brought into sharp relief in the aftermath of the midterm elections. But many schools are cutting back on teaching cursive writing.

Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on this valuable skill.

But the brain cells that housed my ability to write in cursive have absolutely been overwritten by big, blocky, printed letters.

A 77-year-old who won an award for penmanship offers a compromise: Old folks teach kids how to write in cursive, and kids teach old folks how to use smartphones.

Every year since 2011, Sen. Jean Leising has filed legislation to require cursive handwriting instruction. Could she finally win her battle this year?

Cursive writing was so yesterday in California, but in 2024 it’s back in class About half of students aren’t being taught cursive, but this year it will be required ...