Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old witness who took the stand in the recent case against George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin, stunned many when she admitted she couldn't read cursive. But ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a recent ...

Forget Marx vs. Mises. You want to get a spirited debate going, ask pretty much anyone over the age of 8: Should kids still be taught cursive writing? I posted this question to Facebook, and for the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country in an era where a generation of students has been raised on keyboarding, texting and printing out letters longhand. Alabama and ...

A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight. When asked if she could read a letter in ...

But is cursive like riding a bike or do we forget it instantly like virtually anything we learned in high school math? To find out, we asked 11 adults with varying degrees of cursive experience to ...

For centuries, “reading and writing and ‘rithmetic” have provided indelible ink of academic success. Yet without much fanfare, cursive writing, long an educational cornerstone, is slipping away from ...

Georgia elementary schools will require cursive writing instruction starting this fall. This change aligns with a national trend of reinstating cursive in school curricula. The new standards expect ...

Florida lawmakers are putting pen to paper with a new push to make sure every elementary student can actually read Grandma’s handwriting, reviving a cursive requirement that’s technically already on ...