Justice B. Hill argues that despite technological advances, handwriting develops critical thinking skills that typing and ...

Twenty-four U.S. states require schools to teach cursive, according to a November 2024 report from Education Week, which ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on ...

Cursive writing is defined as a style of penmanship where some characters are written and joined together in a flowing manner. It is generally used to allow an individual to write faster. I distinctly ...

Despite popular belief, some students continue to learn how to read and write in cursive. While it’s not required to be ...

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the grade level when students at St. Anne’s-Belfield School are introduced to cursive writing. My mother, now in her 70s, has ...

Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or else they don ...

A pair of bills filed for the 2026 Legislative Session would mandate students from second to fifth grade to learn how to ...