Artful handwriting and beautiful penmanship still matter.

We know it's important for children to have competent handwriting skills, but does it matter if they write in cursive or ...

"The youth can't read cursive so I approve of the sly dig," one person penned, as another chimed in: "Is this because cursive ...

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 ...

Kentucky lawmakers and education advocates are bringing cursive writing back to every elementary classroom. Backed by cursive expert Iris Hatfield and occupational therapist Lauren Schmidt, Senate ...

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. Until the early 20th century, children in the U.S. were generally taught to write in cursive ...

Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, "I can't read cursive yet." Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child ...

About 75 percent of second- and third-grade teachers continue to include cursive instruction in their curriculum despite concerns that the artful writing is on the decline, according to a new national ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Until the early 20th century, children in the U.S. were generally taught to write in ...