Good handwriting is not an end in itself. Rather, it is a means to literacy that fundamentally transforms the human experience. Developing control over the shape of the 26 letters of the alphabet ...

A new state law calls for old-fashioned cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary school – but the Princeton Public Schools is ahead of the pack. The legislation, whose co-sponsors include state ...

Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child ...

Over the next few weeks, the Marshfield Mariner will be featuring editorial pieces written by AP English students and submitted as part of a class requirement. As always, we welcome submissions and ...

A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.Twice a week, Terrell and Chelsea Wittington teach young students how to write ...

A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive, resurrecting the rite of passage. Here's why. Ask anyone who completed third grade in the 1980s ...

Cursive is making a comeback. The looping handwriting style defined by flowing, connected letters had faded from curricula in places such as the United States, Finland and Switzerland as schools ...

As school-age children increasingly rely solely on digital devices for remote- and in-class learning, many K-12 school systems around the world are phasing out cursive handwriting and no longer ...

There’s a glimmer of hope if you’re looking for last-ditch strategies to save your child from the halls of stupidity. A study published this week in the journal Frontiers of Psychology found that good ...

Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, "I can't read cursive yet." Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child ...