Linguist Geoff Nunberg believes there's value in writing by hand — but he doesn't see why the letters have to connect. "You may as well dictate what song we all have to sing in the shower," he says.

If you had any trouble, don’t despair. The death of cursive has not been exaggerated. And if writing all of your office memos by hand for a day feels too daunting, I have a tip: If you’re on a ...

Michigan Rep. Brenda Carter introduced a bill to mandate cursive writing instruction in schools, emphasizing its value in understanding historical documents and cognitive benefits.

I assumed it was something along the lines of a medieval Latin text or perhaps even a particularly difficult Marcel Proust letter ... we will offer “Camp Cursive” for 8- to 11-year-olds, ...

Since then, however, 11 have reconsidered and restored cursive, with the latest being California and New Hampshire, according to a site that tracks cursive instruction.