At Greenbriar East Elementary, the cursive lesson is a hybrid of old and new. Students have pencils in hand, but their ...

College students today rarely write by hand, and when they do, nearly all print rather than write in cursive.

This brief exposure did not help most children memorize the writing style. If a child simply went back to print after the lesson was over, it’s doubtful that it truly stuck with them. In 2023, ...

The efficient writing style once thrived in U.S. businesses and schools, but researchers fret that today’s lack of cursive literacy may have a surprising impact on history—and ourselves.

"Very small proportions of adults use cursive for their day-to-day writing," Polikoff said. "Much of our communication is done on a keyboard, and the rest is done with print." ...

Cursive writing is not taught in schools now, so it’s not easy for us grandparents to remember this when writing to young children.