Cursive handwriting could be poised to make a comeback in public schools after studies have found reviving the penmanship ...

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

Nimah Gobir: It is not proven that either manuscript or cursive writing is best. What does matter is that students get so much practice writing that they don’t have to think about forming letters. So, ...

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

A Florida bill that would have required cursive handwriting in grades two through five won't be going to Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Educators often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone those – like cursive handwriting – that aren’t mandated. In several ...

so you get good at reading all kinds of handwriting, cursive or otherwise. (It’s never too late to learn.) And generally speaking, writing in cursive is faster than writing in print. And like ...

University of Iowa provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I ...