In Quebec, cursive is no longer an expectation in the curriculum. In Ontario, it’s still on the curriculum from Grades 3 to 5, but individual teachers say they often don’t have time to teach it.

Cursive handwriting was reintroduced on the Ontario Grade 3 curriculum in June 2023, soon followed by California. Yet school instruction in cursive is bound for failure unless strong resource support ...

Sask. to keep teaching cursive writing By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 19, 2013 8:34 pm Updated June 20, 2013 10:14 am ...

It introduces cursive handwriting instruction and includes specific lessons to use with children, from “pre-printing” activities (like colouring, tracing and connecting dots) to lined sheets ...

However, a 2012 study in Trends in Neuroscience and Education also found that cursive writing activated different parts of the brain in a group of five-year-olds, when compared with typing or tracing.

The 180 13:21 Is it time to write off cursive writing? Recent policy decisions in Toronto, and the province of B.C. have people debating whether we still need to teach cursive writing in schools.

My handwriting is horrible. But nothing makes me happier than receiving a hand-written note or scribbling my daily lists in the secret code that is my own cursive style.

As a retired teacher, I am confused as to why over $500,000 would be needed to teach Cursive writing. (See Sunday Paper under Odds and Ends.) All a student needs ...

Cursive writing has declined in American public schools, given that educators are tasked with teaching skills that contribute to "an educated citizenry" who are capable of participating in ...