But cursive has been on the decline since the rise of personal computers. In 2010, when most states adopted Common Core curriculum standards meant to equalize education in America, nothing about ...

The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting ...

A third-grade student practices cursive writing in a 2023 file photo. To teach cursive handwriting, or not to teach it, is a topic that can divide, but recently updated educational guidance in ...

Educators and parents are observing a surge in US youths who don't know how to read or write in cursive. Some can't even sign their own name. The pen might be mightier than the sword, but it could ...

The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe ...

California is now mandating cursive instruction for public school students, but what's the point of pushing a pen in a digital world? Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

No doubt about it, cursive is dying. Around the country, school districts have been backing out, citing, increasing demands on teachers’ time, a need to focus on the Common Core and other state ...

Rouan explained the potential difference between printing and cursive, suggesting that “when you’re printing something, you draw the letter and then you stop and then you draw the next letter.

But cursive can help them with the decoding process because it integrates hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and other brain and memory functions. Full Episode. Monday, Jul 21.