She visits Joseph’s school several times a week for extra one-on-one practice sessions on cursive writing. Spear says practicing handwriting, especially cursive, helps these kids become better ...

I have always been proud of my handwriting, a skill I was taught in grade school by the Sisters of St. Joseph. Their forte ... letters lack the beauty of cursive script but because functional ...

Joseph Carstairs introduced a "bold and free writing" style of cursive in England in 1809. Source: Handwriting Identification: Facts and Fundamentals Cursive became the go-to for writing letters ...

Rep. Joseph Underwood, R-Presque Isle, is sponsoring a bill that would require all elementary students to receive cursive instruction from third to fifth grade. The Education and Cultural Affairs ...

Once an important part of the curriculum, cursive writing is not even taught anymore in many U.S. schools. However, at St. Mary-St. Joseph, cursive writing is still an integral part of the school ...

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 in the Philadelphia School District, chances are they have not ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Drew Gilpin Faust about her story in The Atlantic, "Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive." Sponsor Message : [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: This story ...

COMPTON, Calif.—In a classroom at Anderson Elementary on a recent Thursday, third-graders lined up to have their pencils sharpened to a crisp point before beginning a cursive lesson. The ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Cursive handwriting is being brought back to many Tennessee classrooms after state lawmakers voted to require it in 2015. Originally, common core standards did not include ...

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 in the Philadelphia School District, chances are they have not ...