Before smartphone keyboards, before laptops, PCs and typewriters, before the printing press, there was cursive handwriting. But for many members of generations growing up with electronic devices, ...

For Americans over a certain age, the idea of not learning cursive in school is close to unimaginable. The experience of mastering the looping letters and rhythmic flow from word to word — while never ...

“I like how my pencil feels on the paper when I write it,” Evi said from her classroom at Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington. “It’s very loopy.” Evi and her classmates are learning the art of ...

It’s fun Friday in Jill Davis’ third-grade classroom in Mechanicsburg. Students start their day playing a game that puts their cursive writing skills to the test. Called “here comes the judge,” the ...

CRITICIZE THE U.S. TARIFFS. MANY OF US CAN’T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN CURSIVE WAS NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, BUT NOW IT’S ALMOST ANCIENT HISTORY, LEAVING AT LEAST ONE GENERATION TO GEN ZERS TO STRUGGLE WITH ...

What do the U.S. Constitution, birthday cards and your signature have in common? They’re (likely) all in cursive. However, becoming fluent in this form of penmanship, once the hallmark of a good ...

In the past 20 years, whether schools should teach cursive writing has been frequently debated: In the mid-2000s and 2010s, cursive writing was largely discontinued in favor of typing skills. However, ...

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A new statewide survey shows that although most Hoosier kids attending private schools are continuing to learn cursive, far fewer Indiana public schools currently teach the writing ...

Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to follow the curvy ups and ...