I know of two kids in West Virginia schools – one in middle school and one in high school; one here and one in the Morgantown area – who have not been taught to write cursive and are being taught to ...

I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...

For years, Missouri lawmakers have tried to make teaching cursive a requirement, but concerns regarding technology and ...

A student at Orangethorpe Elementary School practices writing cursive as California grade school students are being required ...

A 2024 study published in the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth found that they actively seek role models to emulate and guide their self-perception, often drawn to their idols' perceived ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

It's useless and won't help a person survive in the real world. Of course school is full of useless study . . . But in the digital age when the standard issue tool for communication is a keyboard . .

Two lawmakers have introduced bills that would require students to learn cursive handwriting in Missouri schools.

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them. This news story ...

One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship once considered a common skill. While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to ...