Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently updated its five-year-old guidance for school districts that want to teach handwriting and cursive. Some districts in Northeast Ohio are ...

The National Archives is actively recruiting people who know how to read cursive. There are millions of historical documents that need to be transcribed. Getting people to volunteer has turned out ...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently updated its five-year-old guidance for school districts that want to teach handwriting and cursive. Some districts in Northeast Ohio are ...

Once a standard in elementary schools, cursive is no longer taught to all students. A Maine lawmaker would like to change that. After watching her teacher trace the downward and upward curves of a ...

We’re learning how an escalating trade war is impacting industries at home. Canada is the largest buyer of California wine. And local winemakers are feeling the impact of tariff threats from the ...

Lake Tahoe is unlike other natural resources when it comes to management and stewardship. The 500-mile watershed spans two states, five counties and a city. More than 50 years ago, Congress ...

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

'It's a link to our heritage and a tool for lifelong learning.' A House proposal to impose standards on elementary school students demonstrating mastery of cursive writing cleared its final ...

Take a seat, kiddos. It’s time for a quick story: Once upon a time, cursive was a staple of American education. Then computers and smartphones stormed the kingdom — because who needs to write a letter ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

This Sept. 16, 2009 photo shows a student practicing both printing and cursive handwriting skills. The legislature is considering a bill that would require public school students in grades three ...