Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and head-scratching.

Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and head-scratching.

I had the last laugh. Lousy penmanship didn’t stop me from becoming someone whose profession depends on shaping letters.

In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.

Well, now for another mind-melter ― there’s a very good reason why we call uppercase and lowercase letters what we do, and it’s because of the original printing presses.

I think cursive is an important skill, but should it be mandatory in today’s technological age? Another factor against it is the extra level of rigor for left-handed students.

A sixth-grader at St. Joseph School-Fullerton is being recognized on a national scale for her immaculate handwriting.

LSU Shreveport graduate student Mik Barnes has a problem that many young college students in the United States are experiencing, too: he can't read cursive.

Many years ago, when Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst was hanging out with Cursive, messing around on the piano, playing a rendition of the 2002 track, "Lover I Don’t Have To Love", his friend Carly (spouse ...

Three experts talked to KQED Forum about the importance and pedagogic benefits of cursive handwriting, its future and what we might all lose if it were to die out.

You have to buy “The Recluse I Don’t Have To Love” on Bandcamp to hear it, but it’s for a good cause. Today is National Trans Day of Visibility, and all proceeds from the song will go to ...