“Every child should be exposed to learning — as well as the benefits of — cursive writing.” The research on cursive is hotly debated, with some experts saying that it leads to academic gain ...

"Cursive writing is a challenge for some children, but we also understand some children thrive on learning something new or mastering a skill that they consider to be hard," said Whittaker.

Senator Lindsey Tichenor is a sponsor for the bill that will bring back cursive writing in elementary schools.

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 ...

A Kentucky law that passed in the spring of 2024 will require elementary schools to teach cursive writing, starting with the ...

However, the practice has come back in the last decade. As of writing, 24 states have laws requiring students to learn cursive. Meanwhile, there are plenty of tools that can read cursive ...

Teachers often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone cursive ...

Shawn Datchuk is an associate professor of special education at the University of Iowa. This essay from The Conversation is republished under a Creative Commons license. Recently, my 8-year-old ...

Besides potential benefits to overall writing and reading development ... For anyone interested in learning about cursive handwriting and teaching it to their children or students, the Iowa ...