Texas will reintroduce cursive writing to the state curriculum for elementary students beginning in the 2019-2020 school year. Second graders will learn how to write cursive letters, and third ...

Studies find many elementary school teachers have had little-to-no preparation in how to effectively teach handwriting, and a University of Iowa special education professor has developed a free ...

Cursive Writing: A Nod To The Past How many people actually write letters anymore? Letter writing along with cursive script is going the way of the dinosaurs if it is not extinct already.

“Teaching them all the formations that go with cursive.” Lockridge said cursive is good for students who struggle with letter reversals, or writing certain letters backwards. In printing, Lockridge ...

"Cursive writing, compared to printing, is even more beneficial because the movement tasks are more demanding, the letters are less stereotypical, and the visual-recognition requirements create a ...

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

Texas requires students to learn cursive writing in third grade. By fourth grade, they’re supposed to write legibly, either in cursive or block letters. Thompson says one year is not long enough.

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?

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law.

Starting this year, students in third, fourth and fifth grades will learn how to read and write in cursive as part of their ...

Learning to write in cursive may no longer be popular in American schools, but education experts stress that the craft can be beneficial to students in more ways than one.