Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. Until the early ...

Colleen Endrizzi fondly recalls when she first experienced the “lost language” as a homeschooled kindergartener. She learned it side by side with manuscript writing, a style in which letters are ...

They found that writing in cursive activates the brain waves and neural pathways used for learning and for memory. Learning ...

What’s something kids can’t do, but teachers don’t teach? If you answered “cursive,” write a flowing capital letter “A” by hand on your report card. Once a staple of classrooms and correspondence, ...

We know it's important for children to have competent handwriting skills, but does it matter if they write in cursive or ...

Kentucky lawmakers and education advocates are bringing cursive writing back to every elementary classroom. Backed by cursive expert Iris Hatfield and occupational therapist Lauren Schmidt, Senate ...

Years after it was omitted from the Common Core standards, some students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries. Some states are bringing it back to classrooms. Credit ...

A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive, resurrecting the rite of passage. Here's why. Ask anyone who completed third grade in the 1980s ...

Should schools teach cursive handwriting? The question is a polarizing one in the K-12 education world. One of the most widely cited criticisms of the Common Core State Standards is that they don't ...

Thus letter-writing is a risk. Even if said letter is only a shopping list, its composition and dispatch require effort, ...

Forget Marx vs. Mises. You want to get a spirited debate going, ask pretty much anyone over the age of 8: Should kids still be taught cursive writing? I posted this question to Facebook, and for the ...