M.E. Tuthill South Windsor, Conn. To the Editor: Bravo to John McWhorter for making the common-sense point that teaching cursive (as opposed to other handwriting styles) is unnecessary.

NEW YORK – Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand ...

In this photo, taken on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, a third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at P.S. 166 in the Queens borough of New York. With a characteristic flourish, cursive writing is ...

Cursive writing is back in style at schools across the U.S., after a generation of students who only know keyboarding, texting and printing their words longhand. Share Updated: 8:17 PM EST Mar 6, 2017 ...

In 2012, handwriting teachers were surveyed at a conference hosted by Zaner-Bloser, a publisher of cursive textbooks. Only 37 percent wrote in cursive; another 8 percent printed.

“My handwriting is unique because it’s always changing,” he explains. Stan has kept a journal for over 20 years and challenges himself to never write in the same style for more than a few days.

Spencerian cursive was the preferred writing style of clerks in the U.S. government. Here are 12 examples of handwriting so perfect it could be a font.

Teaching connected-style handwriting, otherwise known as cursive handwriting, has fallen out of fashion on many school curricula. Older generations have sometimes been shocked that some younger people ...

The Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 91, No. 5 (May - Jun., 1998), pp. 290-296 (7 pages) The relationship between handwriting style and handwriting speed and legibility was investigated. Three ...

John Hancock wouldn't recognize the handwriting taught in many schools today. And his loopy slanted script might as well be a foreign language to 21st century students. Time and technology have ...