Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child in the Philadelphia School District, chances are they have not been taught how to read or write cursive either. But cursive handwriting is ...

My stumbling block: cursive writing. “Messy! Messy!” For weeks, our teacher lectured on this new way to communicate. I still remember some of the mnemonic tricks she used for some of the ...

But she’s ready to follow the curvy ups and downs of a new California law that requires the teaching of cursive writing, which has been cast aside as obsolete in the digital age. But cursive is ...

In 1850, cursive writing was first introduced widely in schools, developed “based on fluid movements observed in nature,” according to the National Museum of American History. The irony is ...

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

“Many of our private schools teach cursive writing,” Quirk Silva said. “I want the balance, that all of our students can access historical information.” Around the Bay Area, some districts ...

“Researchers have credited learning how to write in cursive with an array of benefits for young students — from building fine motor skills to stimulating and creating synergies between ...