The skill fell out of favor in schools, but states including Iowa are bringing it back and could see benefits, writes .

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 ...

both of which are embedded in cursive handwriting.” Fine motor skills develop when a student learns to grip a pencil or pen, write within the lines of a paper, or trace letters. Students move ...