Cursive makes a comeback in New Jersey schools

The New York Times features the expertise of Tamara Plakins Thornton in an article about the return of cursive instruction in New Jersey public schools. The article notes that Thornton is the author of “Handwriting in America: A Cultural History” and researched the correlation between script and social movements. “It has long been obsolete; it’s been obsolete since the typewriter came around,” Thorton said. “The fact that it is obsolete makes it all the more appealing: ‘Let’s go run back to that past.’”