Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

Toby Overdorf’s bid to improve penmanship by requiring instruction in cursive from second through fifth grades, with a written exam showing their skills as a precondition to move forward in school.

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...