Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child ...

A couple in Indiana developed a free writing academy to help young people learn how to write and read cursive handwriting.Twice a week, Terrell and Chelsea Wittington teach young students how to write ...

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 ...

Alec Falconer knew for years that he had a problem with words and letters. The young man who is now in 9th grade struggled in school for nearly a decade before his learning difficulty was diagnosed as ...

Before students hunker down to take their SATs this spring, many will have an array of tools to help them with the exam. Flash cards, study guides and — cursive handwriting? For many, cursive ...

New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the most recent states to require schools to teach kids old fashioned handwriting skills.

State Representative Dane Watro, one of the cosponsors of the Pennsylvania bill, argues that cursive “connects us to our history, strengthens learning and deepens our understanding of the world.” ...