Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive ...

Is cursive becoming a lost art? The 2010 Common Core standards began omitting cursive instruction, meaning that many members ...

Researchers say that handwriting is linked to academic success. Historians, like Morris, worry what is lost if people can’t ...

VIRGINIA — Cursive writing is making a comeback in Virginia, one of 22 states that now requires students to be taught some ...

Less than 10 years ago, only 14 states required schools to teach cursive— but that number has been steadily increasing , with 24 now having some kind of requirement.

Now, the school is ditching the 18th-century script for a more modern typeface. “Because cursive writing is no longer taught universally in K-12 education, the script — especially this highly ...

For now, there isn't an international consensus. And with many hours of classroom time spent on traditional cursive writing, the benefits, some argue, may not be worth it.