Cursive is back. But should students be learning the skill?

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...
The New York Times

Handwriting Matters; Cursive Doesn’t

Kate Gladstone is the founder of Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works and the director of the World Handwriting Contest. April 30, 2013 Handwriting matters, but not cursive. The fastest, clearest ...
The Boston Globe

Fighting to save cursive from the Common Core

WHEN IT comes to the classic “three Rs” of education, reading and ’rithmetic are still going strong. But ’riting — at least by hand — has fallen on hard times. Today, the vast majority of adult ...
Education Week

Cursive is Making a Comeback. It Won’t Be Without Challenges

Pennsylvania students will soon join a growing number of their peers nationwide practicing the looping, connected script of cursive writing—part of a broader national revival of the once-standard ...

Can learning cursive help kids read better? Some policymakers think it’s worth a try

Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.