"Today more and more I meet high school students who, though they can read, sometimes well and sometimes poorly, are ashamed whenever they are confronted with the need to sign a document." On the back ...

Common Core standards do not call for cursive instruction as mandatory part of curriculum At least 41 states do not require public schools to teach cursive reading or writing The standards promote ...

SEATTLE – Just like in third grade, a dozen high-school juniors and seniors slant their papers to the right, with one corner pointed toward their stomachs. They pick up their pens or pencils and ...

In this era of texting and laptop notetaking, cursive handwriting can seem like an old-timey throwback. It is in Seattle, where use of the elegant handwriting is encouraged but no longer required in ...

While the article on cursive writing in the public schools was interesting, I'd rather see our educators concentrate more on basic English grammar ("Writing it old school," Valley & State In-Depth, ...

I can tell which of my three sisters has sent me a card by the handwriting on the front of the envelope. We all learned the same cursive style in elementary school, when the subject was taught every ...