I'm thrilled to see cursive handwriting in the news and in the classroom. Even better, the headlines agree with what I ...

As I was taking notes for this column, I thought it fitting to write them in cursive, a skill I spent many hours mastering ...

The group of preteens uncapped their markers and began practicing how to capitalize two new letters: “B” and “Q.” The lesson felt like a return to the basics. Only this time, the middle-schoolers were ...

Many people of a certain age remember practicing loops and waves, moving our small hands clutching pencils across pages with light blue dotted and solid lines. But in many schools, that elementary ...

Patience Gozaydin, 7, a second grade student at Frankstown Elementary practices cursive writing Thursday in Ann Franco’s class. Mirror photo by Cynthia Wise The flow of motion from putting pencil to ...

Sherisse Kenerson stood in the front of her classroom Thursday afternoon at Holmes Middle School in Lincolnia, Virginia, and explained how to write the letters “M” and “N” in cursive. Then, she had ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

New bills would mandate cursive reading and writing instruction for Florida elementary school students. Students would be required to demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing cursive by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In California and Ohio, children start learning cursive in 1st grade. The process has not been without its controversies. More ...