The absence of cursive writing lessons has led to a heated debate. Some people feel cursive writing is archaic and a waste of time, while others believe it is a relevant skill.

“Although there are 26 letters in the alphabet, there are only four basic shapes that make up the structure of every lowercase cursive letter.

Next, they assumed the proper upright writing posture; held their pencils between their thumb, index and middle fingers; and began transcribing a series of upper- and lower-case cursive letters on ...

Proponents of cursive writing instruction say that although handwriting isn’t as much of a life skill as it was 20 or 30 years ago, students still need opportunities to learn and practice.

I don’t remember learning to write. I’ve just always known how. The curved C’s, the spiked T’s, the loops of lowercase L’s flowed from my fingers at an age so young that memory doesn’t ...

As many schools plan to phase out the instruction of cursive in class, Alabama has elected to continue such training, taking advantage of policy that says 15 percent of the curriculum can be ...

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.

When third grade students make the transition from printing to cursive writing, they must learn 26 new lowercase and capital letter shapes. This is a time-consuming and often traumatic transition.

Although cursive handwriting “is a dying field,” as one teacher said, it has made a comeback in some schools, including one in Maine where two students won awards this month.

Share your photos] According to the text, “proficiency” means that students can write in both uppercase and lowercase cursive letters, as well as write essays and assignments in cursive writing.