Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

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 ...

STORY: Cursive is making a comeback in California. In an era of computers and tablets, the skill has fallen out of fashion. But a new state law requires students to learn the old-school style of ...

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 ...

“I like how my pencil feels on the paper when I write it,” Evi said from her classroom at Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington. “It’s very loopy.” Evi and her classmates are learning the art of ...

New Jersey's public schools must by law teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it.

Have your children ever approached you and asked, “How/why do you write like that? I wish I knew how to do that.” We have. We’re talking about cursive writing, a skill that went by the wayside more ...

As one of his final acts, Gov. Phil Murphy paved the way for bringing cursive back ...

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

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While the production of my Lowdown commentaries is high-tech, I confess that I'm antiquated. I still write each piece in ...

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A ...