"On the verge of extinction?" (Montgomery Advertiser, 02/08/09)

It's far from extinct, but cursive handwriting in­struction, and penmanship itself, is becoming less and less a priority in schools, ed­ucation experts and cursive writing enthusiasts say.

"Can't read cursive? You are not alone" (Idaho Statesman, 01/06/09)

Over the past decade, teachers and secondary students across the country have reported a trend that their parents and grandparents could scarcely imagine: The millennial generation is increasingly cursive illiterate.