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 ...

Kids growing up these days—especially those at the elementary level—may not be as familiar with cursive writing, penmanship or handwriting, as their older brothers and sisters, parents or ...

A sixth-grader at St. Joseph School-Fullerton is being recognized on a national scale for her immaculate handwriting.

For well over a decade, penmanship lessons, where children practice the flowing curves and fancy loops of cursive writing, have been disappearing from classrooms in Wichita and surrounding districts.

Starting this school year, all Georgia students in grades 3-5 are expected to learn cursive, with the goal of reading and writing it by end of fifth grade. The state says cursive strengthens literacy, ...

Alabama and Louisiana passed laws in 2016 mandating cursive proficiency in public schools, but some penmanship experts say the writing style takes longer than up and down script.

“Some students practice cursive writing on iPads through our digital curriculum platform,” she said in an email to the News-Democrat.