Cursive could be written into Maine law under new bill Once a standard in elementary schools, cursive is no longer taught to all students. A Maine lawmaker would like to change that.

Teaching of cursive writing returns after falling to the wayside amid revised learning standards and emphasis on keyboarding. Backers say it promotes learning.

LOS ANGELES – Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to ...

Zaner-Bloser took over with its two distinct alphabets for print and cursive, but the wide differences between the two in the letterforms led to the development of D’Nealian in 1978.

If you want to improve your cursive, or learn it from scratch, there are really two main skills to work on: Knowing how each letter is formed and what it should end up looking like Being ...

Others say cursive helps students write faster than print, and that they need it to develop a signature. Technology took priority So why didn’t the common-core writers include cursive?

Cursive has been banished to the pedagogical dustbin, a pointless, time-consuming exercise for a world that barely needs to print. A hard transition This is hard to accept, for those raised with ...

How teachers incorporate cursive in their curriculum will be up to them and their schools. Tennessee has similar standards for writing in print/manuscript and using the keyboard.

It's not the first time a Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed legislation that would mandate that cursive be taught in elementary schools.

Others say cursive helps students write faster than print, and that they need it to develop a signature. Technology Took Priority So why didn’t the common-core writers include cursive?