“For older kids who never developed legible manuscript writing but recognize letters, cursive can feel like a fresh start,” she added. Developing automaticity. Whether students learn manuscript or ...

Back to School Cursive writing in American schools: Here's where this 'dying art' is still taught and why it matters There are 21 US states that currently have cursive in their curricula ...

A letter written on onion-thin white paper lined with blue from Rommel in Phoenix began, “Karina, you are my favorite writer. Heck, I even pick you before the Sports page.” ...

I stopped writing in cursive about the same time I quit wearing white socks and penny loafers, which is to say, junior high school. In elementary school in the 1960s, my left-handed scrawl was ...

If you had any trouble, don’t despair. The death of cursive has not been exaggerated. And if writing all of your office memos by hand for a day feels too daunting, I have a tip: If you’re on a ...