Many archival documents written in cursive are seen as a way to preserve the writing and communications of women.

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - In an age when typing and texting are the main forms of communication, cursive has become almost a lost art. However, 91-year-old Marilyn Harrer is back in the classroom, teaching ...

Louisiana is officially steering its English classrooms back to the basics, with state education leaders approving new K-12 English language arts standards that put phonics, grammar and cursive front ...

Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the flourishes, the art and the discipline that go into writing “longhand.” (Does anybody use that word anymore?) My late ...

Common Core standards do not call for cursive instruction as mandatory part of curriculum At least 41 states do not require public schools to teach cursive reading or writing The standards promote ...

Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that's not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Pennsylvania teachers may soon have to dust off their old cursive instruction books. The State House passed a bill Tuesday that would mandate cursive education in all public ...