Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child ...

Shawn Datchuk is an associate professor of special education at the University of Iowa. This essay from The Conversation is republished under a Creative Commons license. Recently, my 8-year-old son ...

At a middle school in Fairfax County, Virginia, students are learning how to loop their letters together and form words in ...

(The Conversation) – Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read.

University of Iowa provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t ...