The post, which argued that cursive handwriting should continue to be taught in schools, garnered more than 500 comments. It's a touchy subject: Is there a reason schools should continue to teach ...

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 ...

Baltimore County Public Schools hopes to reverse this trend locally with a pilot program to reintroduce cursive instruction to second- through fourth-grade classes in November. More than 20 elementary ...

Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it ...

Cursive writing is making a comeback. After being made optional in 2006, cursive will return this September as a mandatory part of the Ontario elementary school curriculum. Education Minister Stephen ...

It needed volunteers to help transcribe historical documents, a task made difficult by the simple fact that a growing number of Americans can’t read or write in cursive. The post highlights a question ...

Sierra Rivera and her older sister, Dahlia, were thrilled at the idea of baking up a batch of their grandmother’s pumpkin cookies for Thanksgiving, but when their dad gave them the handwritten recipe, ...

After a decade-long absence, cursive writing is returning to Georgia classrooms, teaching students practical handwriting ...

Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City, has refiled legislation aimed at requiring public elementary-school students to learn ...