Mrs. Karen Gunter said the students ability to learn how to write in cursive and put together a hand written letter hade drastically improved. Gunter added, "Their letter writing is outstanding ...

Saint Jude came to mind the other day as I knocked on Mary Gail Leming's door in Buda. He's the patron saint of lost causes. She's the nice lady trying to get kids interested in cursive. Leming, … ...

It was harsh news to lay on an 8-year-old. At the desk next to mine, Lynne Garing's cursive-writing exercise boasted an unbroken, uniform series of loops that looked like a Slinky. My lopsided ...

Example: [Collected via e-mail, September 2015] This photo is circulating around FB claiming that a teacher reprimanded a student for writing her name in cursive on her assignments. I find it a ...

Proponents of teaching cursive say students need to learn it to be able to read historical documents, such as the U.S. Constitution. Without knowing cursive, students “will be locked out of ...

Saint Jude came to mind the other day as I knocked on Mary Gail Leming’s door in Buda. He’s the patron saint of lost causes. She’s the nice lady trying to get kids interested in cursive.

Others say teaching cursive is a waste of time because it's obsolete. Here are a few comments from readers. Meanwhile, join the continuing conversation by clicking here.

After all, they say, we have computers and speech dictation machines. It’s even been suggested that cursive should be moved to art classes, where it could be more appropriately taught.

Cursive is again becoming something to write home about as experts point out it may just boost a child's brain development. The "Cursive Challenge" is also now going viral on TikTok, with several ...

Do you think teaching cursive in the classroom is worthwhile? I think it should become an elective class, but not mandatory. -Michael Abbott No. It’s not a useful skill. Teach kids typing and… ...

Others say cursive helps students write faster than print, and that they need it to develop a signature. Technology took priority. So why didn’t the common-core writers include cursive?