Howard also points out cursive writing has a unique benefit that print does not. It requires one to connect each letter in a unique way to the next letter. "This is a more demanding task for the ...

"It changes your brain." But Dubay and Getty do not think kids need to use the traditional, "looped" cursive. They have been trying to stop schools from using the traditional cursive since the 1970s.

The statewide shift means students across Georgia will now practice cursive as part of their regular coursework.

A student practices writing in cursive at St. Mark's Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Bucking a growing trend of eliminating cursive from elementary school ...

Many young people entering college cannot write or read cursive. Indeed, many cannot even sign their name in traditional cursive. To continue reading for FREE, please sign in.

Cursive writing, once a staple of elementary education, is vanishing from classrooms across the United States. A Michigan ...

The premise for the switch was to make it easier to learn than traditional cursive (which is a lot like calligraphy), but similar enough that students could still read traditional cursive.

She found traditional cursive “way too curlicue” and slanted, which she said is difficult for children with “any sort of learning issue.” Like many school systems, Arlington starts cursive in the ...

Computer-based skills may be taking the forefront, but more traditional methods are still part of classrooms in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Ann-Mari Howard, a third grade teacher at ...