If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S.

Sherisse Kenerson in Alexandria, Virginia, leads a club of sixth- through eighth-graders who want to know the art of looping ...

COLUMBUS — 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 Department ...

When asked if cursive writing and good penmanship remain important in the computer age, the quick answer is "no." That would also be a lazy, thoughtless answer. Since humankind's earliest epochs and ...

"Here, as in many countries, the general approach to teaching writing is based on tradition rather than on educational research that has proven benefits," says the professor. For generations, most ...

Should the Minnesota Legislature have a say about when students are taught civics? How about whether they write in cursive — or learn when it is OK to touch or kiss someone? Some state lawmakers think ...

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Common Core standards do not call for cursive instruction as mandatory part of curriculum At least 41 states do not require public schools to teach cursive reading or writing The standards promote ...

Frisbee needs Mrs. House's help to sign his name! Watch as she teaches him how to use cursive letters to sign his thank you card. Rise and Shine is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...