A 77-year-old who won an award for penmanship offers a compromise: Old folks teach kids how to write in cursive, and kids teach old folks how to use smartphones.

At Greenbriar East Elementary, the cursive lesson is a hybrid of old and new. Students have pencils in hand, but their ...

A New Jersey lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring elementary schools in the state to teach students how to read and write in cursive by the end of third grade.

A New Jersey lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring elementary schools in the state to teach students how to read and write in cursive by the end of third grade.

This involves learning how to read in cursive as well as developing the fine motor skills to form legible letters and words in cursive.

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 ...

Learning how to write in cursive could soon become a requirement for Arizona schoolchildren, if revisions proposed by the state school board are accepted.

JACOB FENDER: I'm pretty much learning all the letters in cursive right now in second grade. APRIL BROWN: Cursive writing instruction has changed here in Buncombe County over the years.

Saturday's letters tackle the importance of students learning cursive writing, the need for more organ donors and finding out people's true motivations.

Even so, because cursive letters are more distinct than printed letters, children may learn to read more easily, especially dyslexics.