The handwriting is not on the walls of Midway Hills Academy. It’s on plain old-fashioned ruled notebook paper. And that ...

I always wanted to be good at art, to no avail. But I was a whiz at cursive writing. I enjoyed it thoroughly as I fancied up the capital ‘E’ of my first name.

Handwriting Without Tears advocates a simpler method of cursive writing, minus all the curls, loops and other decorative flourishes.

I am writing in response to your Sept. 24 article on cursive handwriting. About 25 years ago, I studied graphoanalysis, which is the study of handwriting to determine the personality and character ...

When third grade students make the transition from printing to cursive writing, they must learn 26 new lowercase and capital letter shapes. This is a time-consuming and often traumatic transition.

Some have also argued that the benefits of cursive go beyond writing and that learning cursive improves brain development in the areas of thinking, language and working memory.

“Cursive writing is a long-held cultural tradition in this country and should continue to be taught; not just for the sake of tradition, but also to preserve the history of our nation,” Jimmy ...

One Staunton teacher said most in the community don't think schools still teach cursive. That's not true, she said.