As Ohio considers reintroducing cursive writing in schools, podcast discussion reveals skepticism about claimed cognitive ...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently updated its five-year-old guidance for school districts that want to ...

In a world dominated by digital screens and typed messages, the delicate swirl of cursive writing seems like a relic of the ...

Still, protests against its loss were common, based on various reminders: cursive is an art form — and handwriting is healthier than typing both physically and mentally. Culturally, the ...

Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or else they don’t count. At least, that’s what I was taught growing up. (And I’m really not that old ...

it’s how much you use cursive today,” she said. American’s skill with this connected form of script has been slowly waning for decades. Schoolchildren were once taught impeccable copperplate ...

Perfect penmanship for Florida students is closer than ever, as the Florida House passes a bill requiring instruction and ...

Tony Rose, executive director of educational services at Edmond Public Schools, said the district's third- through fifth-grade teachers already teach some form of cursive. It’s required by the ...

While some believe that cursive writing is essential for young scholars, others argue that it is an outdated skill that ...

Imagine a time when children can’t read historical documents. Young adults can barely conjure a driver’s license signature.

But the cursive students learn now is a more modern style than the script used on the U.S. Constitution and other historical documents. Bookkeeper Platt Rogers Spencer created a fancy form of ...