Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

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 ...

With the advancement of technology, some old practices are starting to become fashionable or even go viral. Take handwriting, ...

A few months ago, I pulled out a kids’ book for my seven-year-old to read to me. She opened the first page, shook her head ...

New Jersey schools will now teach cursive writing to grades three through five, sparking debate over its relevance in a ...

Print is dead. New Jersey is flipping the script and ordering its public schools to bring back cursive writing starting next ...

Public schools must teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it, under a bill signed by Gov.

I just have to comment about the lack of needing to teach cursive writing in the letter as described by the retired educator ...

Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the flourishes, the art and the discipline that go into writing “longhand.” (Does anybody use that word anymore?) My late ...

HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive.

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...