LOS ANGELES -- 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 ...

More than 20 states have reintroduced the practice of cursive writing after the Common Core standards dropped requirements that the skill be taught in public elementary schools in 2010, The New York ...

Is cursive writing still being taught in America? Some states are starting to bring the old style back after disappearing. Cursive writing is a style of handwriting characterized by connected letters ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — It’s a skill that nearly disappeared during the pandemic. But inside one DeKalb County elementary school, students are proving cursive writing is far from forgotten. At Robert ...

Q: California is notorious for passing laws. Our son is in the fourth-grade. He has to learn cursive now — that’s the law? Are there also other new laws we should know about? B.C., Woodland Hills A: A ...

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.

I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...

Concerns over students not knowing how to form signatures has prompted one local group to question whether the state’s cursive requirement is worth the paper it’s written on. Julie Anderson, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena. (Christina House / ...