For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about cursive writing. Like Latin, it’s a dead language — er, lost art — and I was determined to resurrect it. The students completed ...

We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in ...

If this is not an indication that we need to teach cursive handwriting in school ... By the time I was writing prescriptions, it was “P Mauer” except on legal documents such as my will.

While the piece did allude to some of the benefits of cursive writing and its positive relation to academic achievement, the improved memory functions are just a part of the advantages.

Just like writing those loopy capital cursive letters, it will take time, perseverance, and practice.

COMPTON, Calif.—In a classroom at Anderson Elementary on a recent Thursday, third-graders lined up to have their pencils sharpened to a crisp point before beginning a cursive lesson. The ...

(Photo by Steve Wynn) The girls’ father, Steve Wynn, translated Grandma’s cursive handwriting into more familiar block letters for them and before long they all had bellies full of the warm ...

She looks forward to her daily cursive lesson, especially on the days when she gets to practice her favorite letters. “It kind of looks fancier than printing,” she said. “It’s cool.” ...