The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

When it comes to written communications, before the advent of smartphones, texting and computers, cursive was the way to go. Examples of cursive writing date back to the time of the Romans, but like ...

HB 127 would put in state law a requirement to test elementary students on their ability to write and read cursive. Existing ...

This basic life skill was phased out in 2010 with the introduction of the controversial Common Core curriculum — and our ...

Everyone has their own style when it comes to penmanship. In fact, one could say that your handwriting is as unique to you as is your fingerprint. However, some people have handwriting that looks so ...

I have watched with great interest the progress in the Legislature, of a recent effort to require cursive handwriting in our schools. While the bill did not make its way out of committee this year, ...

The Common Core standards don’t require instruction in cursive writing but some states — including Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana and California — have mandated cursive in public schools. With typing ...

In a few years, parents won’t have to worry about how to keep secrets from their children. They will be able to write it in cursive, drawing puzzled looks from a generation accustomed to reading most ...

When Jack Lew was nominated to be Treasury secretary in 2013, President Barack Obama joked that as a condition of the appointment, Lew would have to learn to sign his name more legibly. The ...

The bill requires cursive instruction for students in grades 2 through 5.