What’s something kids can’t do, but teachers don’t teach? If you answered “cursive,” write a flowing capital letter “A” by hand on your report card. Once a staple of classrooms and ...

A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive ... trying to get that capital G loopy enough or have a favorite letter to swoop and ...

Those who value cursive tend to be older “To me, it is a simple extra literacy that allows access to primary source documents, letters ... had no idea how to write the uppercase ‘G’ or ...

My stumbling block: cursive writing. “Messy ... and don’t forget the little left arm on capital “I.” She was kind and supportive to most of my classmates. But when she approached my ...

After watching her teacher trace the downward and upward curves of a capital ... the letter before moving on to the word “Catholic.” She looks forward to her daily cursive lesson, especially ...

Write them down right now on scrap paper ... a student with dyslexia or dysgraphia might compensate by using capital letters P, Q, B, and D. Cursive, on the other hand, allows a constant flow ...

We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in ...

Cursive always seemed a tad laborious ... and one day while taking notes as he lectured, I started writing in little capital letters because it was easier and allowed me to follow him more closely.

Just like writing those loopy capital cursive letters, it will take time, perseverance, and practice.

McKnight believes students should be able to write in cursive to sign legal documents and read personal keepsake letters and historic documents such as the Declaration of Independence. It also ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...