We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. Cursive instruction ...

Cursive writing engages the brain in ways that typing and print handwriting do not. The continuous flow of connected letters enhances hand-eye coordination and strengthens fine motor skills.

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth ...

As of 2025, there are 24 states that require cursive lessons, which is up from 14 states less than a decade ago. From ...

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 ...

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.

Legislation that would require cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools was unanimously approved by the House ...

White offered guidance on maximizing handwriting’s benefits, including whether to prioritize cursive, the importance of developing automaticity and ensuring handwriting remains a functional literacy ...

The skill fell out of favor in schools, but states including Iowa are bringing it back and could see benefits, writes .

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 ...