COLUMBUS, Ohio – The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms. Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting.

Newswatch 16's Courtney Harrison spoke with educators and students in Lackawanna County about handwriting in schools ...

according to cursive advocacy site mycursive.com. Be smart: The University of Iowa reading center released a free program this month designed to help with handwriting instruction for younger kids.

The US state of Illinois has passed a law requiring school students to learn joined-up handwriting, or "cursive", overriding the governor's veto. It is no longer a requirement in US schools ...

Although cursive started to disappear from classrooms years ago, educators say there are good reasons to keep teaching it, ...