After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve ... the transition from printing to cursive with its curly tails on every letter. We practiced our D’Nealian ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

But scientists who study the subject say that handwriting can reflect a writer’s personality, state of mind, social status or the tenor of the times. Marie Antoinette’s cursive was orderly and ...

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet ... cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the ...