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

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Students in second grade began a lesson on cursive writing without using paper or pencils. They stood up and started to recite: “down curve, under curve, over curve” while moving ...

Is cursive writing still being taught in America? Some states are starting to bring the old style back after disappearing. Cursive writing is a style of handwriting characterized by connected letters ...

On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a pen or a pencil to rekindle that creative feeling.” The following interactive ...

Several states in recent years passed legislation mandating instruction in cursive handwriting.

“Research has shown that cursive handwriting enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine ...

Our ongoing series A More Perfect Union aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we look at the power of the written word. Common Core ...

When Jack Lew was nominated to be Treasury secretary in 2013, President Barack Obama joked that as a condition of the appointment, Lew would have to learn to sign his name more legibly. The ...

The forgotten art of cursive writing — speedily putting words to paper in flowing connected letters — received a major blow almost a decade ago. Teaching the skill in grade school was dropped from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida students could be put to the test on their cursive writing. (Stock photo via Getty Images) A proposal requiring testing ...

It’s a familiar refrain. Parents lament that technology is turning good, legible handwriting into a lost art form for their kids. In response, lawmakers in state after state – particularly in the ...

Common Core educational standards no longer require students to learn cursive, but supporters of longhand writing refuse to let it die. Eleven states either require or encourage the teaching of ...