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Granite Geek: Remember when I dissed cursive writing? Maybe I was wrong.

Two and a half years ago, I presented a carefully thought-out argument for not requiring schools to teach cursive, calling it ...
Los Angeles Times

Readers show off their cursive skills, and then sound off about handwriting

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...
The Spokesman-Review

Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California

LOS ANGELES – Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to follow the ...
WYFF

Cursive writing in SC schools: Here's what some lawmakers are proposing

GRAHAM. INDEED. WELL, TEACHERS MAY SOON BE TEACHING CURSIVE WRITING FOR FOUR YEARS IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EDUCATION COMMITTEE APPROVED A BIPARTISAN BILL THAT CHANGES ...
Des Moines Register

Can learning cursive help kids read better? Policymakers think it’s worth a try. | Opinion

Shawn Datchuk is an associate professor of special education at the University of Iowa. This essay from The Conversation is republished under a Creative Commons license. Recently, my 8-year-old son ...