The loops and curls of cursive handwriting have all but vanished from college essay exam blue books. On rare occasions when college students write by hand, nearly all of them use what educators call ...

"Here, as in many countries, the general approach to teaching writing is based on tradition rather than on educational research that has proven benefits," says the professor. For generations, most ...

There's a new push to have students in Florida not only learn cursive, but become more proficient in it. Florida is currently ...

I learned cursive writing with a red, curvy stick pen when I was in Grade 3, which was around 1970. We just called it writing in those days, as opposed to printing. Over the years, my handwriting has ...

Erica Ingber has something of a dark past when it comes to handwriting: The future elementary school principal got a C-minus in cursive in the fourth grade. But she’s ready to follow the curvy ups and ...