Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the flourishes, the art and the discipline that go into writing “longhand.” (Does anybody use that word anymore?) My late ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -As children increasingly are exposed to screens from an early age, some Ohio students still learn to write with a flourish – and maybe getting added literacy benefits. The Ohio ...

Missouri legislators are again pushing to make learning to write cursive mandatory for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Bigstock As I was taking notes for this column, I thought it ...

Sherisse Kenerson stood in the front of her classroom Thursday afternoon at Holmes Middle School in Lincolnia, Virginia, and explained how to write the letters “M” and “N” in cursive. Then, she had ...

In a busy sixth-grade classroom at Millennial Tech Middle School Wednesday, Thomas Courtney taught a language arts lesson. He also teaches history and now penmanship. “I took my cursive writing so ...

A bill requiring cursive instruction and proficiency standards in Florida schools is awaiting the governor's signature. Advocates argue that learning cursive improves spelling, writing fluency, and ...