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 ...

Trabulsy's bank teller told her that several bank customers simply sign an “X” instead of writing their unique signature.

In one of his final acts in office, Gov. Philip D. Murphy signed a bill on Monday requiring third, fourth and fifth graders ...

Two Florida Republicans filed a bill that would require elementary school students to learn cursive. A Florida House ...

The year my daughter was born, cursive was axed from the national Common Core standards for K-12 education. For those of us in older generations, writing and reading cursive was a basic skill taught ...

At Holmes Middle School in Alexandria, the after-school Cursive Club meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

It’s fun Friday in Jill Davis’ third-grade classroom in Mechanicsburg. Students start their day playing a game that puts their cursive writing skills to the test. Called “here comes the judge,” the ...

Is cursive becoming a lost art? The 2010 Common Core standards began omitting cursive instruction, meaning that many members of Gen Z have never been taught how to read or write cursive, The Atlantic ...

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...

ST. PAUL — Shoulders hunched and tongues curled, the third-graders at Horace Mann School push their pencils to practice a fading art. As they copy out their spelling lists, joining loops and lines ...