From the beautiful ornate script we associate with days gone by to the rise of texting—handwriting has come a long way in the past century.

The message is clear: cursive just isn’t practical. On the other side of the equation, cursive advocates and handwriting experts suggest that these reasons miss the point entirely.

Practice writing each letter over and over until you can make the same shape consistently. Lined paper helps you to keep the parts of the letter in proportion to each other.

Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day, invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977 and pegged to John Hancock’s birthday. On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a ...

She says handwriting, especially cursive, is viewed as old-fashioned by some. Lernstift smartpen checks your spelling as you write ...

AYAN: It's like writing in Spanish, like another language. RASCOE: While Ayan does enjoy his Spanish lessons along with science, he feels cursive is harder to read and only something people did in ...

Developmentally progressive instruction allows children to learn handwriting. An open-educational resource by literacy and writing experts supports instruction for kindergarten to Grade 3 children.

A proposed law would require New Jersey elementary schools teach kids how to read and write in the graceful, flowing loops taught to previous generations.

Most people can't even write in cursive with their hands, but new technology is training those who have lost motor control to write with their eyes.

The latest (2020) research on the brain benefits of cursive handwriting adds to a growing body of evidence and neuroscience -based research on the importance of learning to write by hand.