In Tina Cooper's third grade class at Cox Landing Elementary, you will find her students practicing their loops, curves and curlicues. Cursive writing is part of her curriculum, teaching the students ...

Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.

Over the next few weeks, the Marshfield Mariner will be featuring editorial pieces written by AP English students and submitted as part of a class requirement. As always, we welcome submissions and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learning how to write takes time, whether it is holding your pen properly or ensuring all the letters are on the same straight line. These days, some children roll their eyes, wondering why they still ...

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 ...

As the world rapidly moves away from the need to write information by hand, there are still many U.S. states still teaching cursive instruction to American children. California and New Hampshire ...

On October 13, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill making cursive handwriting instruction mandatory in 1st through 6th grades. The legislation passed this year, but it could have just ...

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 ...

Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. “Messy! Messy!” I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a ...