Cursive writing is making a comeback. After being made optional in 2006, cursive will return this September as a mandatory part of the Ontario elementary school curriculum. Education Minister Stephen ...

Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.

Writing feels "complicated," said the only left-hander in the household, and she didn't remember learning cursive writing in school. Anna, 14, read without hesitation, but when it came to writing ...

Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in ...

Cursive writing was previously relegated in 2006 as an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools. Cursive is set to make its return to schools starting in Grade 3.

Join the conversation A student practices writing in cursive at St. Mark's Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Cursive is making a comeback.

Cursive writing will be introduced in Ontario elementary schools starting in Grade 3, with a focus on phonics starting in kindergarten and typing lessons beginning in Grade 4.

I had a student recently ask me to check his homework for a cursive writing assignment. As his instructional aide, I told him his work was getting much better, and he smiled.” ...

The loss of handwriting also may be a cognitive opportunity missed. The neurological process that directs thought, through fingers, into written symbols is a highly sophisticated one.