From USA Today: Does cursive writing still have cred?

Photo Credit: Caleb Roenigk

by Suzanne Wright

My mother, now in her 70s, has beautiful handwriting. As a young girl, I admired and emulated her expressive script, ultimately winning a couple of penmanship awards for my efforts. My mom was proud and so was I.

But with cursive writing instruction in decline since the 1970s in many elementary schools, widespread pride in the almost artistic form of penmanship seems to be waning.

Read the rest of the story at USA Today.

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