That’s not to say that longhand in and of itself is dead — you’d probably see numbers close to 100 percent if you polled the number of people who owned some kind of writing instrument. It just means ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages of handwritten Revolutionary War-era documents. So far, more than ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed legislation requiring cursive handwriting instruction in public and private elementary schools. Supporters argue cursive writing has cognitive and ...

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential ... Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that offers free genealogical software, searching and access to historical ...

Turns out it’s mostly a lost art. Printing and typing? No problem. But cursive writing has truly become the hieroglyphics of this generation. I specifically remember being a fourth grader with ...

If you’re not confident in your cursive deciphering skills, the National Archives has other tasks available, too—such as “tagging” documents that other volunteers have already transcribed.

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential ... The Archives has been working with FamilySearch, a genealogical nonprofit operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives’ digital catalog more accessible Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The National ...

“It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much you use cursive today,” she said. American’s skill with this connected form of script has been slowly waning for decades ...

However, the greatest benefits to both memory and learning new words, are just tied to writing, and not using cursive over print. The PopSci team has tested hundreds of products and spent ...

Also read: Is cursive a dying art? If passed, it would mandate that cursive writing is taught in all Maine elementary schools. Underwood says he was approached by a constituent with the proposal ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.