Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.

Is cursive becoming a lost art? The 2010 Common Core standards began omitting cursive instruction, meaning that many members of Gen Z have never been taught how to read or write cursive, The Atlantic ...

Two and a half years ago, I presented a carefully thought-out argument for not requiring schools to teach cursive, calling it ...

Alec Falconer knew for years that he had a problem with words and letters. The young man who is now in 9th grade struggled in school for nearly a decade before his learning difficulty was diagnosed as ...

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 ...

NEW YORK - Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand. Alabama and ...

A variety of educators and politicians across the country are pushing back against the death of cursive, resurrecting the rite of passage. Here's why. Ask anyone who completed third grade in the 1980s ...

Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for. If you can read cursive, the National Archives ...

While working through new national education standards, known as Common Core, North Carolina legislators want to make sure students don’t miss out on “the basics.” The Common Core standards were ...

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