document updated 16 years ago, on Sep 21, 2009
Cursive is going the way of the dodo. Some think this is linked to the decline of handwriting generally, due to computers. I think it's because cursive was a bad option from the beginning.
cursive is a poor option all by itself
- NYTimes article
- it CLEARLY points out that we recognize letters by their tops, and adding a bunch of loops to the top of letters makes them much harder to read
- Slate article
- Wikipedia article that notes that cursive is falling out of favor among elementary school educators