Cleveland.com

The Great Cursive Debate: Does Handwriting Really Make Kids Smarter?

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers?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 ...
NPR

Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning

If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the ...
NJ.com

Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5.

Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final acts. A new state law signed ...
LAist

Students Compete To See Who Has The Best Cursive Writing

When was the last time you ever wrote a note or a letter by hand in cursive? Well, some students are not only practicing that. They're competing in it. ANVITA RAYABARAPU: I am a National ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

As National Handwriting Day Approaches, New Data Resource Challenges Classroom Myth

PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES, January 16, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Contrary to the common perception that handwriting has vanished from American classrooms, most U ...