Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, "I ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting.

As cursive instruction fades from many classrooms, educators may wonder: do today’s kids really need it? White said both cursive and manuscript—writing unconnected letters—have advantages. “There’s no ...