During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some educators believed that neat handwriting reflected discipline, diligence and moral character. Students who followed prescribed patterns ...

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My young grandson is a masterful reader and enjoys books well beyond his grade level. The only time he’s stumped, according to our daughter, is in reading cursive writing. And he is not alone. While I ...

Cursive script for the Roman alphabet can vary from country to country and can reveal much about where and how you were taught, writes Adrienne Bernhard. Cursive eulogies are everywhere these days, ...

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. Until the early 20th century, children in the U.S. were generally taught to write in cursive ...