Does it matter whether Americans can read the original, handwritten versions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution? What about land deeds and birth, marriage and death records from ...

A student practices writing in cursive at St. Mark’s Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, Calif.. Jae C. Hong AP file, 2012 Children in the Grand Canyon State will soon be writing A-r-i-z-o-n-a as one ...

Even though many students type up their homework on iPads and pass notes using Google Docs, some area teachers are certain cursive is still relevant, and they wouldn’t mind if Indiana House Bill 113, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- It used to be a standard part of elementary school, but today cursive writing instruction is optional. A bill submitted in Olympia would make cursive mandatory in Washington schools.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Republican state Sen. Elaine Morgan has proposed a bill that would make the teaching of cursive writing mandatory for grades 1 through 6 in classrooms statewide. WPRI-TV reports ...

Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington, one of the three who voted against the bill, said the internet safety provisions of the bill should be required but cursive should be an option for school districts to ...

Many states have opted to remove cursive writing from curriculum In 2011, Indiana joined 45 other states in deciding to no longer teach cursive Senator says students need the skill to read notes from ...

When it comes to written communications, before the advent of smartphones, texting and computers, cursive was the way to go. Examples of cursive writing date back to the time of the Romans, but like ...

Legislation that would mandate cursive writing be taught in both high schools and elementary schools in Illinois dumbfounded some area school administrators. The measure was approved 67-48 Wednesday ...