Robbie Smith said her adult godson ... and addressing dysgraphia.” John Lopez, 55, a fourth-grade teacher in Pomona, is a true believer: “Cursive handwriting helps to preserve the analog ...

Kristin Conradi-Smith is a reading education professor at The College of William and Mary. She taught cursive for years as an elementary school teacher. Now, she doesn’t think it’s necessary.

So what's the big deal if your little John Hancock doesn't have a big loopy cursive signature of his own? Antiquated or no, cursive is viewed by some parents and educators as essential to an ...

The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that ... of their lives to the program—like Alex Smith, a retiree from Pennsylvania.