P.E.I. Grade 9 student Ashton Ryan said texting and typing are in and cursive is out. "Nobody uses it in my class I don't find," she said. Grade 8 student Katie Green agrees. "I use my phone a lot, ...

Cursive writing is making a comeback. After being made optional in 2006, cursive will return this September as a mandatory part of the Ontario elementary school curriculum. Education Minister Stephen ...

Schools must and can do better, starting early. The key is not only teaching cursive, but a greater focus on all printing to cursive handwriting, spelling instruction and fine motor skills.

A student practices writing in cursive at St. Mark’s Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Cursive is making a comeback.

"The Importance of Cursive Handwriting Over Typewriting for Learning in the Classroom: A High-Density EEG Study of 12-Year-Old Children and Young Adults." Frontiers in Psychology (First published ...

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.

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.

P.E.I. Grade 9 student Ashton Ryan said texting and typing are in and cursive is out. "Nobody uses it in my class I don't find," she said. Grade 8 student Katie Green agrees.

Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, it is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.