She was kind and supportive to most of my classmates. ... Cursive “enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine motor skills,” she wrote.

While the argument for cursive involves learning, the need for keyboarding has to do with productivity. Though the average American may sign a check or read cursive script a few times a week, they ...

"I tell her it's English in cursive and she says, 'Oohkaaay, I never learned that kind of English, but I've heard of it, I think they stopped teaching it in the early 2000s, so you'll have to redo ...

McKnight said cursive could be incorporated during writing or spelling lessons beginning in third grade. “You don’t have to have this as a stand-alone subject,” McKnight said.

Georgia's English Language Arts standards have been changed, adding a classic yet controversial subject: Cursive writing. Who ...

Rouan explained the potential difference between printing and cursive, suggesting that “when you’re printing something, you draw the letter and then you stop and then you draw the next letter.

A Gary couple reached into the past for a new venture: Teaching cursive handwriting to children. Its called Cursive Academy. It’s a “lost art,” according to co-founder Chelsea Whittington.

Cursive had its moment, somewhere between powdered wigs and the Pony Express. ... And though I taught myself to type while still in grammar school because my handwriting was so lousy, ...

Georgia's new education standards require teaching cursive writing to students. The move aims to strengthen fine motor ...

“It kind of looks fancier than printing,” she said. ... The cursive tradition in holding on in other school districts, where educators say there is value in dedicating time to regular lessons.

If McKnight’s bill becomes law, New Jersey will join Delaware and 23 other states that require schools to include some type of cursive instruction, according to MyCursive.com.

Cursive has been made part of the ELA Standards' "Foundations" for grades 3-5. ... those with a laptop will be able to type notes much faster than someone writing them, ...