Public schools must teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it, under a bill signed by Gov.

For those of us who grew up handwriting our school papers, it’s hard to imagine that some children can no longer read or ...

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must teach cursive writing to students in grades three to five under a law ...

New Jersey students in the third, fourth and fifth grade will be required to learn cursive writing due to a bill signed by ...

Tyara Brooks teaches her fourth-grade students how to write in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) “Messy! Messy!” Nearly 40 years later, the ...

Research has shown that it helps children develop. But many parents say their kids aren’t learning cursive in school.

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why.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

Cursive writing is an art that has been disappearing for about 15 years. Since Missouri does not require cursive writing ...

One survey of handwriting teachers found that just 37% wrote in cursive. And that was a dozen years ago. Bigstock Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the ...

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 ...

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the ...