The skill fell out of favor in schools, but states including Iowa are bringing it back and could see benefits, writes .

Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive ...

As beautiful writing instruments became more ... The Palmer Method became the most popular style of cursive writing in the United States. A few schools in this area used a style of cursive known ...

Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.