Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing ...

I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...

New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the most recent states to require schools to teach kids old fashioned handwriting ...

Over the past decade or so, something big has been happening in public schools throughout the United States: Instruction in cursive writing has all but disappeared, cut from curricula as schools bring ...

Before smartphone keyboards, before laptops, PCs and typewriters, before the printing press, there was cursive handwriting. But for many members of generations growing up with electronic devices, ...

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 ...

As an autograph collector, I’ve always found it fascinating to compare athlete signatures. The “half moons” that Mickey Mantle incorporated into his moniker later in life are legendary. The sweeping ...

The adult college student, earning his degree at a New York State college to better himself, was ticked off. His adolescent son couldn’t sign his name — not because he wasn’t a smart kid, but because ...