GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on ...

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 ...

A group of students from five classrooms at an elementary school in Nelson, B.C., just competed in a North American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing ...

Tyara Brooks teaches her fourth-grade students how to write in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) “Messy! Messy!” Nearly 40 years later, the ...

The Florida House unanimously approved a measure Wednesday that would require elementary school students to learn how to write in cursive. "On July 4, 2026, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...

Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary, then walked through the motions of how to write a ...

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

Baltimore County Public Schools adding a crucial part of elementary school curriculum back into classrooms is being met with ...

A push to get students to trade the keyboard for the pen and cursive writing. Senate Bill 167 passed last year, requiring students to be proficient in cursive writing by the time they graduate from ...

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 ...