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Cursive Academy teaches children bygone handwriting techniques

A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.Twice a week, Terrell and Chelsea Wittington teach young students how to write ...
Time

Quiz: See If You Remember How to Write in Cursive

Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day, invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977 and pegged to John Hancock’s birthday. On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a pen or a ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: If kids must learn cursive, old folks should learn to use smartphones

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

Back to basics? Cursive lessons will be mandatory for Florida kids if this bill passes

Elementary school kids might be required once again to learn how to read and write in cursive. A pair of bills ...
The New York Times

Cursive Handwriting Is a Cultural Tradition Worth Preserving

Jimmy Bryant is the director of archives and special collections at the University of Central Arkansas. April 30, 2013 In today’s society, people of all ages use e-mail and various forms of ...