According to the website readingrockets.org, cursive handwriting in the early grades is linked to basic reading and spelling achievement. Even a modest amount of daily instruction can prevent ...

Is cursive writing a skill that's still worth teaching, ... cursive is not a priority as long as her boys can do basic script writing, ...

While grandparents’ sprawling handwriting on birthday cards or treasured family recipes may spring to mind when many younger people think of cursive, some educators today think it’s a skill ...

When Delores Gonzalez started teaching nearly 30 years ago, cursive was a basic in writing class. Today Gonzalez is among a dwindling number of teachers who still require it on assignments. "I ...

States and schools shouldn’t cling to cursive based on the romantic idea that it’s a tradition, an art form or a basic skill whose disappearance would be a cultural tragedy.

While the article on cursive writing in the public schools was interesting, I'd rather see our educators concentrate more on basic English grammar ("Writing it old school," Valley & State In-Depth ...

Learning Cursive Is a Basic Right "Today more and more I meet high school students who, though they can read, sometimes well and sometimes poorly, are ashamed whenever they are confronted with the ...

Some cursive supporters also invoke science, arguing that learning cursive helps young brains grow more than learning basic printing does. Professor Amy Bastian, a motor neuroscientist at the Kennedy ...

Legislation that would require cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools was unanimously approved by the House Education Committee, according to the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Dane ...

Pa. lawmaker to introduce cursive education legislation 00:23. HARRISBURG (KDKA) - One Pennsylvania House of Representatives member informed his colleagues he is planning to introduce legislation ...