Published On: December 31st, 2015|

Richmond Times-Dispatch – Ralph Berrier Jr.

“As STEM subjects — those that are part of science, technology, engineering and math — and other computer-based skills have become priorities for schools, cursive has become a relic, like handwritten recipes and thank-you notes. The writing is on the wall, and it’s not in cursive. Now, however, a new chapter is being written for cursive. Several studies have shown that learning cursive makes students better learners. Writing in cursive stimulates the brain, improves memory and sharpens students’ ability to retain information, researchers have found.”(more)