Handwriting matters, but not cursive. The fastest, clearest handwriters join only some letters: making the easiest joins, skipping others, using print-like forms of letters whose cursive and ...

Lifestyle. Should We Quit Teaching Cursive in a Digital Age? While script may wire the brain, connect to history, and come more naturally to many kids, digital print is winning.

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In ...

Only 37 percent wrote in cursive; another 8 percent printed. The majority - 55 percent - wrote a hybrid: some elements resembling print-writing, others resembling cursive.

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 ...

Since computers print letters, it is a more common style for the younger generation to read. But according to some studies, cursive writing has benefits that should have more people using it.

A few months ago I began reading a packet of letters from the Great Depression. They were handwritten in cursive by Ruth Cross, a native Texan who borrowed and bartered her way into building a ...

A new law requiring cursive to be taught in California schools went into effect at the start of this year. But does this style of handwriting have long to live on a global scale?

She thinks all kids should learn how to write in cursive. “It’s just really fun because it looks better than print,” she said. “Printing is all straight lines. Cursive is all ups and downs.” ...