Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why.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 is making a comeback. States and provinces across North America are re-introducing the continuous form of handwriting ...

Like many, I lost the ability to write fluid cursive, and my kids don’t care to learn it either. What does the loss of this ...

Writing in cursive might be a lost art in the next few decades. While it was a school staple in elementary grades, it fell out of favor in the last few years. Currently, only 23 states require that ...

A group of students from five classrooms at an elementary school in Nelson, B.C., just competed in a North American handwriting contest, called Cursive is Cool, and took home 15 of the 42 awards.

Florida students will be required to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing under a new state law taking effect this week ...

The Common Core standards don’t require instruction in cursive writing but some states — including Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana and California — have mandated cursive in public schools. With typing ...

In the digital age, most kids learn how to swipe a touchscreen before they learn how to say their own names. They can ...

A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight. When asked if she could read a letter in ...

But is cursive like riding a bike or do we forget it instantly like virtually anything we learned in high school math? To find out, we asked 11 adults with varying degrees of cursive experience to ...

If you're anything like me, you've completely forgotten how to write in cursive. Some people argue that's a shame, and that cursive is a wonderful, beautiful way of writing. Other people don't see why ...

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 ...