Write a single sentence, in cursive, 500 times. Or 50 times, or 200 times. I attended a Catholic school where 500 times was standard.

Chapman frequently requires her students to write in cursive. They also need to know how to read her cursive writing on a whiteboard to understand their daily homework assignment.

The attention cursive writing gets is in decline. From what I can see as an educator, the expectation to write in cursive beyond elementary school is essentially absent in some schools.

At Greenbriar East Elementary, the cursive lesson is a hybrid of old and new. Students have pencils in hand, but their laptops are open as well, some watching an instructional video that includes ...

Don't Write Off Cursive Teaching kids how to write in script is no longer a priority in American schools, but it should be.

Therefore, elementary school students in the district are not explicitly taught to write using cursive handwriting. However, students are still taught to print early in their education.

Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on this valuable skill.