At Greenbriar East Elementary, the cursive lesson is a hybrid of old and new. Students have pencils in hand, but their ...

“It’s harder the other way around,” she said. Practice makes perfect Anyone of a certain age likely recalls the lined notebook paper used in elementary school to practice the swirls of cursive.

The absence of cursive practice in schools may inadvertently hinder these cognitive benefits, leading to a generation that struggles with foundational writing skills.

One Staunton teacher said most in the community don't think schools still teach cursive. That's not true, she said.

Third grade students Shawna McNeal (left), Madyson Campbell, and Benny Tran practice cursive writing at Charlotte Park Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn. Educators and experts worry that such ...

We mean legible and consistent, regardless of whether you use print or cursive. Just like most aspects of life, you can improve your handwriting with practice.

Calligrapher Joy Datanagan is working on a curriculum for writing in cursive. She plans on holding workshops across the state to teach young people the lost skill of writing in script. (Hawaii ...

Get writing: a new study suggests that hand-penned cursive is better for learning than using a keyboard.

In either case, his authoritative signature's legacy lives on in debates about handwriting and cursive in schools. Should schools spend precious instructional time teaching handwriting?

But If You Don’t Learn Cursive, How Will You Read the Declaration of Independence in the Original? A brief (discursive) history of handwriting.

Should schools teach cursive handwriting? The question is a polarizing one in the K-12 education world.