Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive ...
“I thought it was like a different language.” The girls’ father, Steve Wynn, translated Grandma’s cursive handwriting into more familiar block letters for them and before long they all had ...
But there are still cohorts of students whose education didn’t emphasize handwriting and cursive—who aren’t familiar with the curls and swoops and swirls. And a body of marketing research ...
The US state of Illinois has passed a law requiring school students to learn joined-up handwriting, or "cursive", overriding the governor's veto. It is no longer a requirement in US schools ...
Since then, though, there’s been a resurgence of cursive and handwriting education. Less than 10 years ago, only 14 states required schools to teach cursive—but that number has been steadily ...