(The Conversation) - Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild ...

In a creative twist on learning, a grandmother from Kerala takes education outdoors by using sand for writing practice. She sets up a natural classroom, guiding children as they trace cursive letters.

Cursive is making a comeback. The looping handwriting style defined by flowing, connected letters had faded from curricula in places such as the United States, Finland and Switzerland as schools ...