Research suggests it may be possible to improve overall writing and reading through handwriting instruction.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting.

I am thinking of assigning the worksheets to her, as well, just so she will be too busy to voice her opinion (on many things, not just cursive writing assignments). Eventually, a couple of ...

McKnight said cursive could be incorporated during writing or spelling lessons beginning in third grade. “You don’t have to have this as a stand-alone subject,” McKnight said. “It doesn ...