There’s an effort by a state representative to bring back training for cursive writing in Michigan schools.According to our ...

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In Louisiana, cursive is legally required to be taught in public schools.

The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting ...

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 ...

Writing in general, regardless of whether it's cursive, may also boost brain activity, according to a 2010 study finding that preschool students who wrote out letters rather than just viewing them ...

The highest speed and highest legibility in handwriting are attained by those who join only some letters, not all. Reading cursive matters but is much easier and quicker to master than writing the ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.

Cursive engages multiple senses. Cursive handwriting is emerging as a learning tool for students with dyslexia, a disorder that makes it difficult to read or interpret letters, words and other ...

Georgia classrooms reintroduce cursive writing for students from third to fifth grade, making it part of assessed coursework.

Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day, invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977 and pegged to John Hancock’s birthday. On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a ...

Only 37 percent wrote in cursive; another 8 percent printed. The majority - 55 percent - wrote a hybrid: some elements resembling print-writing, others resembling cursive.

I am writing in response to your Sept. 24 article on cursive handwriting. About 25 years ago, I studied graphoanalysis, which is the study of handwriting to determine the personality and character ...