Learning cursive might not be a waste of time after all Brianna Bell Special to The Globe and Mail Published September 1, 2023 Updated September 3, 2023 ...

Join the conversation 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.

Yet even if cursive writing is no longer compulsory, “writing your signature is a real-life skill” most teachers could cover without taking time from other subjects, Laginski suggested.

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

For many, the return of mandatory cursive handwriting instruction in the Ontario curriculum, starting in Grade 3, is a welcome and long-overdue move on the part of the Ministry of Education. It is ...

The Ontario government announced last week that it is bringing cursive writing back to schools as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in the fall. And as nostalgic as the news was for many ...

Their first cursive writing class, which drew 35 students ages 7-17, concluded Wednesday at the Woodland Child Development Center in Hammond. They met with the kids in two-hour classes twice a ...

Compulsory cursive writing has been tucked into dozens of pages that describe the standards for English in elementary school. The state board approved the revised standards in a 13-1 vote in May 2023.

The department suggested adopting one of two cursive writing styles that best match their school’s foundation handwriting teachings. It encourages schools to teach the Zaner-Bloser or D ...