At a Small Maine School, Cursive Endures and Wins National Awards

Although cursive handwriting “is a dying field,” as one teacher said, it has made a comeback in some schools, including one in Maine where two students won awards this month...

...Although cursive handwriting is not as widely seen or as prominent as decades past, it has made a comeback in some classrooms. After Common Core standards no longer required that cursive be taught in public elementary schools in 2010, some administrators — including in districts in Texas, Ohio and Illinois — reintroduced a cursive curriculum in elementary schools...

...Sasha Morrissette, Christian’s mother, said that her son, who has autism, enjoyed creating character art, and that his artistic skills helped to improve his handwriting skills.

“He just has the ability to replicate things, like his memory is incredible, and I think that helps with this,” Ms. Morrissette said. “He was able to look at the example and just kind of picture it in his head, and he was able to transform it into a nice piece of writing.”..

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