To understand why cursive writing seems to be a dying art, you have to go all the way back to…well, only 2007, actually. It ...

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

Typing engages fewer neural circuits, resulting in more passive cognitive engagement.” This context is helpful, but elementary teachers will also need to know how to teach it. Today’s veteran teachers ...

Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.

No matter where you look, it seems like boomers can’t stop griping about the lack of cursive writing; kids today don’t do this, they don’t do that, and most egregiously of all, they don’t loop their ...

In our technology-driven era, dominated by computers and digital devices in education, an unexpected advocate for cognitive enhancement has emerged: cursive writing. Recent studies reveal a nuanced ...

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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.

On the final day of his term, former Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill requiring public schools to teach cursive ...