Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why.

The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting ...

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For several afternoons this summer, she had them practice D'Nealian — a form of printing said to be a precursor to cursive. "I would love to see an emphasis on pretty handwriting again," she said.

Even in the 1990s, cursive writing got less and less instructional time, teachers ... Instead of getting it a half hour or so a day, she said, students may get 15 minutes' practice three times a week.

Context. In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills.

But for Lauren Hand, an eighth-grader at St. Pius V School in Melville, cursive is a craft of precision, patience and practice. And one in which the 14-year-old is without peer for her grade.

The 2025 school year in Georgia will start in August and this time, it’s bringing back an older lesson plan for its newer students.

She visits Joseph’s school several times a week for extra one-on-one practice sessions on cursive writing. Spear says practicing handwriting, especially cursive, helps these kids become better ...

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Out of practice. Maria Jette, 65, a classical singer who lives in Minnesota, had not really used cursive in 25 years before taking a seven-week, French-immersion course at Middlebury College.