Cursive writing can be important to brain health and confidence, experts say

Kentucky lawmakers and education advocates are bringing cursive writing back to every elementary classroom. Backed by cursive ...
Los Angeles Times

Readers show off their cursive skills, and then sound off about handwriting

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

Lunchtime Lagniappe: Cursive Challenge

On Wednesday's "Lunchtime Lagniappe," WGNO's Kenny Lopez and Natalie Parsons played a game, "Cursive Challenge," to see how ...
KQED

Cursive Is Back. But Should Students Be Learning the Skill?

Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that’s not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language ...
Phys.org

Can learning cursive help kids read better? Some policymakers think it's worth a try

Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. 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 ...
Des Moines Register

Can learning cursive help kids read better? Policymakers think it’s worth a try. | Opinion

Shawn Datchuk is an associate professor of special education at the University of Iowa. This essay from The Conversation is republished under a Creative Commons license. Recently, my 8-year-old son ...