What’s something kids can’t do, but teachers don’t teach? If you answered “cursive,” write a flowing capital letter “A” by hand on your report card. Once a staple of classrooms and correspondence, ...

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...

Just how long have humans been using cursive writing? Scholars credit Niccolo Niccoli, a 15th Century Italian, for “inventing” our modern-day cursive, although it had been evolving long before his day ...

'Failing to follow these simple suggestions, you are likely to waste many hours, weeks, and months in useless practice.” That oft-repeated warning in Palmer Method instructional materials sounded ...

A recent column on the magnificent and eloquent handwriting of Sig Snyder - and Sig's soulful belief in the expressive importance of cursive - touched off a flood of response. Readers tended to put ...

I am writing in response to your Sept. 24 article on cursive handwriting. About 25 years ago, I studied graphoanalysis, which is the study of handwriting to determine the personality and character of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. If pen retailers and state legislators are to be believed, cursive handwriting is ...

When was the last time you were mesmerized by your own handwriting? Probably the last time you were taking notes in a classroom. Laptops, tablets, smart phones, and their kin have managed to make the ...

“Handwriting was initially the first means of preserving information that was previously only passed down orally,” explains Donica. Before the invention of the printing press, copying information or ...

DERRY (CBS) -- A New Hampshire fourth-grader has been nationally recognized for his cursive writing skills. Derric Palmer, from the Barka Elementary School in Derry, is one of five boys his age across ...

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