Learning to write in cursive may no longer be popular in American schools, but education experts stress that the craft can be beneficial to students in more ways than one.

A sixth-grader at St. Joseph School-Fullerton is being recognized on a national scale for her immaculate handwriting.

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

Proponents of cursive writing instruction say that although handwriting isn’t as much of a life skill as it was 20 or 30 years ago, students still need opportunities to learn and practice.

"There are different types of cursive and all sorts of books, so we're looking at all that," Mitchell said. "We plan to follow those (state) standards and have something in place." ...

On the benefits and advantages of different forms of writing, including typing "There's no clear advantage to teaching cursive over teaching, say, manuscript or italics.

For generations, we have learned two types of writing: One is cursive and the other is manuscript, or printing. Humanity formed civilizations as it developed handwriting.

Weston Kincaid, who teaches English at Akron Digital Academy, argues that the heyday of cursive writing is over.

The flowing manner and continuation of cursive letters gave way to keyboards and keystrokes. Font types like Times Roman, Arial and Helvetica slowly became the norm.