Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / ...

Bring back the practice worksheets of yore, perfect that slant, and — please — loop those lowercase Ls and Gs. Just as phonics-based reading recently returned to favor after years of emphasizing whole ...

In a letter to the editor Sunday, a writer recounted an experience with a high school junior who was unable to read cursive handwriting. The writer noted that a friend had to read notes sent in ...

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

ST. LOUIS — In 2010, more than 40 states adopted the same standards for English and math called the Common Core standards. Missouri and Illinois are among the states that have adopted the guidelines.

FRANKFORT — Cursive writing lessons could soon be making a reappearance in Kentucky schools. Common Core, the federal education initiative adopted in 2010, dropped cursive education, but the Kentucky ...

A new state law calls for old-fashioned cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary school – but the Princeton Public Schools is ahead of the pack. The legislation, whose co-sponsors include state ...

To the editor: Gustavo Arellano’s column on his traumatic experience learning cursive in the second grade brought back memories. More than 40 years ago, my son’s fourth-grade teacher complained about ...

Among the staff at Topgolf, 11th-grader Augustine Fredericks has a rare and coveted skill. When a customer orders a celebratory dessert, the teenager is often summoned to pipe a fancy “happy birthday” ...

After watching her teacher trace the downward and upward curves of a capital C on the chalkboard, 9-year-old Camille Lebeis turned her attention to her cursive workbook. The third grader at St. Brigid ...