Eventually, the modern alphabet developed, relying on characters to stand in for individual consonant and vowel sounds. Cursive, which is nearly as old as writing itself, is just another innovation.

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Then-third-grader Logan Gibson receives help from a classmate while learning the cursive alphabet at White Lick Elementary School in Brownsburg, Ind., on April 22, 2011. The reading and writing of ...

While we appreciate the cultural loss, it strikes us that the teaching of cursive is increasingly not relevant to the modern world. Some may find that objectionable or a sad commentary on the ...

For many, it’s an indelible memory: poring over a tablet and trying to replicate the perfect curls and sweep of cursive writing. As more states eliminate the teaching of cursive from their ...