The Lasting Impact of Cursive Writing. Beyond the classroom, cursive writing holds cultural and historical significance. Elizabeth Fraley puts a spotlight on historical documents, personal letters ...

Once a standard in elementary schools, cursive is no longer taught to all students. A Maine lawmaker would like to change that. After watching her teacher trace the downward and upward curves of a ...

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

A 77-year-old who won an award for penmanship offers a compromise: Old folks teach kids how to write in cursive, and kids teach old folks how to use smartphones.

But as many states adopted the Common Core State Standards, cursive disappeared for some states in 2010 and 2011. According to the National Education Association, dated in 2022, it appears that more ...