Nature

How learning handwriting trains the brain: the science behind the cursive wars

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.
WGAL on MSN

Shapiro signs bill that requires teaching cursive writing in schools

Shapiro signs bill that requires teaching cursive writing in schools ...
Reader's Digest

Should Schools Bring Back Cursive Handwriting?

A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive, resurrecting the rite of passage. Here's why. Ask anyone who completed third grade in the ...
The Conversation

Teaching cursive handwriting to young children? Here’s how they learn, and resources for instruction

Hetty Roessingh receives funding from SSHRC. A Werklund School of Education Teaching and Learning Support Grant provided funding for the development of the resource discussed in this story.
FOX 5 Atlanta

Which US states still require students to learn cursive handwriting?

As the world rapidly moves away from the need to write information by hand, there are still many U.S. states still teaching cursive instruction to American children. California and New Hampshire ...
Psychology Today

Why Cursive Handwriting Is Good for Your Brain

As school-age children increasingly rely solely on digital devices for remote- and in-class learning, many K-12 school systems around the world are phasing out cursive handwriting and no longer ...
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 ...