But cursive handwriting is making a comeback of sorts for K-8 students in the United States. Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting, including ...

My stumbling block: cursive writing. “Messy ... Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and ...

"The many hours of time spent focusing on penmanship drills and practice ... that kids are now learning to use print writing and a keyboard for written communication, in lieu of cursive.

As politics editor Rick Rouan explained on the podcast: “Some recent research suggests that cursive handwriting forces kids to just slow down, think about word spelling and sentence structure ...

COMPTON, Calif.—In a classroom at Anderson Elementary on a recent Thursday, third-graders lined up to have their pencils sharpened to a crisp point before beginning a cursive lesson. The ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.

28 demolition should be moved to another day. We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.