At Greenbriar East Elementary, the cursive lesson is a hybrid of old and new. Students have pencils in hand, but their ...

College students today rarely write by hand, and when they do, nearly all print rather than write in cursive.

This brief exposure did not help most children memorize the writing style. If a child simply went back to print after the lesson was over, it’s doubtful that it truly stuck with them. In 2023, ...

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?

Historically, cursive writing was a necessary skill. The ability to write quickly and legibly was essential for notetaking, personal correspondence, and even completing standardized forms.

Students with dyslexia have difficulty learning to read because their brains associate sounds and letter combinations inefficiently. But cursive can help them with the decoding process because it ...

Cursive writing is not taught in schools now, so it’s not easy for us grandparents to remember this when writing to young children.