The National Archives needs volunteers to help transcribe historical documents written in cursive. This citizen-led initiative makes American history more accessible to researchers and genealogists.

Before long, I was typing everything: Homework. Term papers. The music and lyrics to “Hamilton,” which I wrote when I was 11 years old, and which were found by Lin-Manuel Miranda moments after they ...

These strategies help preschool and kindergarten students develop letter recognition, spatial awareness, and fine motor ...

A University of the Basque Country study finds traditional pencil-and-paper methods superior for early literacy development.

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.

More information: Gorka Ibaibarriaga et al, The impact of handwriting and typing practice in children's letter and word learning: Implications for literacy development, Journal of Experimental ...

Here are five practical ways to improve handwriting through cursive writing practice. Start by mastering the basic strokes that form the building blocks of cursive letters, like loops, curves ...

The rationale: in a computerized world, old-school handwriting is superfluous. In California, computer training quickly absorbed cursive ... you can practice by typing out your own message with that ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed legislation requiring cursive handwriting instruction in public and private elementary schools. Supporters argue cursive writing has cognitive and ...

Raise your hand if you’re one of the remaining few who can still read cursive! It’s a dying art ... your average “How to Write in Script” worksheet in the remaining minority of third ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.