Tyara Brooks teaches her fourth-grade students how to write in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) “Messy! Messy!” Nearly 40 years later, the ...

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 ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill requiring cursive instruction for students in grades three through five, aiming to ...

Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that’s not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language ...

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

The Florida House unanimously approved a measure Wednesday that would require elementary school students to learn how to write in cursive. "On July 4, 2026, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...

As followers of education controversies know by now, the Common Core academic standards, soon to be carried out by 45 states, don't require the teaching of cursive handwriting. The curricular gap has ...

TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) -- A New Jersey lawmaker introduced a bill Tuesday that would require elementary schools in the state to teach students how to read and write in cursive. Assemblywoman Angela ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on ...