To understand why cursive writing seems to be a dying art, you have to go all the way back to…well, only 2007, actually. It ...

Meet Iris Hatfield, the Louisville woman who created 'The New American Cursive.' Cursive will be a new requirement in Kentucky's public elementary schools this year, but it may not be the same cursive ...

Recent headlines announced that instruction in cursive will resume in public schools. I didn’t know it left! The word “cursive” sounds nasty, a spin-off of “curse.” I picture villain Snidely Whiplash ...

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or else they don ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Traditional handwriting is making a comeback in schools in one state after a new bill was just signed into legislation. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will ...

Pennsylvania schools are preparing to reintroduce cursive into their curriculum. This change was advised to start ...

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

Florida lawmakers have approved new legislation requiring elementary school students to be proficient in reading and writing ...

Sitting in the newly renovated St. Anastasia School playground as a fifth grader four years ago doing her homework, Maritza Escamilla was approached by a student from nearby Glen Flora Elementary ...

If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.