When Emma Barberena, 10, first started school at Nazareth Academy, she was surprised to hear that cursive would be involved. "I was shocked," said Emma, who said the delicate handwriting form was ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — January 23 is National Handwriting Day. The day was created in 1977 to promote the use of pens, pencils and paper. But in 2020, is learning how to write in cursive still ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.

Georgia's English Language Arts standards have been changed, adding a classic yet controversial subject: Cursive writing. Who will learn it? When? Why?

Mary Warren of Shallowater remembers the cursive handwriting that was taught in schools of the late 1940s. "I had penmanship. We had to do push and pulls, you know. And if they weren't within that … ...

Her daughter was apologetic, but explained that she hadn’t been required to make the graceful loops and joined letters of cursive writing in years. That prompted a call to the school and another ...

There are the “tow-truck” letters v, w, and o. If the SAT’s new writing section becomes established, the teaching of cursive may experience a revival. Pfeiffer and Jenkins both found it hard ...