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 ...

Remember cursive writing? Well it fell out of favor but some schools are bringing it back and students are actually competing at mastering cursive writing. When was the last time you ever wrote a note ...

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 follow along as ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Melody Eichbauer grew up learning cursive in grade school and scribbling exam answers until her hand cramped well into her college years. Eichbauer, a professor of medieval, legal ...

Years after it was omitted from the Common Core standards, some students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries. Some states are bringing it back to classrooms. Credit ...

If you're going to write a cursive sentence in Mary Beth Taylor's class at Parsley Elementary School, you have to prepare. Pencils rest on the desks in front of her fourth-grade students. Two fingers ...

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Several states are making cursive writing instruction a requirement in schools once again, citing the importance of students being able to read our nation’s founding and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... My third-grade son is an anomaly. He actually enjoys a school subject, which — much to our chagrin — is being scrubbed from elementary schools nationwide.

COMPTON, Calif.—In a classroom at Anderson Elementary on a recent Thursday, third-graders lined up to have their pencils sharpened to a crisp point before beginning a cursive lesson. The students put ...

Alec Falconer knew for years that he had a problem with words and letters. The young man who is now in 9th grade struggled in school for nearly a decade before his learning difficulty was diagnosed as ...

Edbert Aquino is a national handwriting champion from New Jersey, where a lawmaker wants all public schools to teach the skill again. By Tracey Tully A fifth grader in New Jersey is a master of ...