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Cursive is making a comeback. But does it deserve one?

By Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, Clinical Professor of Literacy Studies, Drexel University

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild.

Until the early 20th century, children in the U.S. were generally taught to write in cursive or script, rather than the print writing typically taught to young children today. Some people at the time thought…

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