Back to School Cursive writing in American schools: Here's where this 'dying art' is still taught and why it matters There are 21 US states that currently have cursive in their curricula ...

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.

Still in existence today are 19,000 letters by George Washington. Our Wisconsin State Historical Society owns 11,000 letters written by Civil War soldiers. Most are penned in cursive , the ...

The American Philosophical Society in Old City is using AI to transcribe thousands of Revolutionary-era documents.

Only 37 percent wrote in cursive; another 8 percent printed. The majority - 55 percent - wrote a hybrid: some elements resembling print-writing, others resembling cursive.

Others say students should be able to understand documents written in cursive, such as, say, a letter from Grandma. And still more say it’s just a good life skill to have, especially when it ...

Cursive instruction waned after Common Core Standards were adopted by most states in 2010, but in recent years, cursive ...