Lisa Willner, D-Louisville ... would be more important than the cursive writing,” Truett said. Tichenor responded that cursive writing encourages students to use motor skills.

Lisa Meinen-Doerksen, a mother of two children at Border Star Montessori in Brookside, said she likes cursive writing. She believes it has helped her children’s fine motor skills and their ...

There's a new bill at the State House to require elementary school students in Maine to learn cursive writing.