My current long term classroom is in middle school. I became curious about how many students were able to sign their names or write in cursive. Turns out it’s mostly a lost art. Printing and typing?

A new bill making its way through the New Jersey state legislature could require public schools to teach cursive writing from ...

Supporters argue cursive writing has cognitive and developmental benefits and is still relevant in a digital world. Similar legislation has been introduced in previous sessions but failed to ...

But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life. In the past, most American students began learning to write in cursive in third grade, making it a rite of passage, said Jaime ...

But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life. In the past, most American students began learning to write in cursive in third grade, making it a rite of passage, said Jaime ...

as cursive writing was once called, according to thehenryford website's article on Handwriting in America. Want to read the Declaration of Independence in its original format? It's written in cursive.

But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life. In the past, most American students began learning to write in cursive in third grade, making it a rite of passage, said Jaime ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life. In the past, ...

While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to read or write it is a different story. If you’re one of the dwindling number who can decipher this type of writing ...

“There is research that connects the ability to read and fluency … to the ability to write cursive.” ...

Get a read on this. The National Archives is seeking volunteers who can read cursive to help transcribe more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog, saying the skill is a “superpower.” ...

Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I wasn’t good at school, and being left-handed but forced to write with ...