Alec Falconer knew for years that he had a problem with words and letters. The young man who is now in 9th grade struggled in school for nearly a decade before his learning difficulty was diagnosed as ...

For many people, cursive is a type of elegant, flowing writing that most children are forced to learn in grade school. For knowledgeable music fans, however, Cursive represents something far more ...

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...

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 ...

Just like in third grade, a dozen high-school juniors and seniors slant their papers to the right, with one corner pointed toward their stomachs. They pick up their pens or pencils and follow along as ...

Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington, one of the three who voted against the bill, said the internet safety provisions of the bill should be required but cursive should be an option for school districts to ...

Texas will reintroduce cursive writing to the state curriculum for elementary students beginning in the 2019-2020 school year. Second graders will learn how to write cursive letters, and third graders ...

NEW YORK - Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand. Alabama and ...

I write in cursive. I’m sorry to all my classmates who had to partner with me for physical worksheets for making our assignments half illegible to them. When I was in the third grade, I was taught ...

MANALAPAN - Lillian Timpone, 12, swings her legs back and forth in her chair as she shows high school senior Samantha Colvin pictures of her recent visit to New York Comic Con. Talk then turns to ...

More and more states are dropping handwriting from their core curricula. Jan. 24, 2011 -- The handwriting may be on the wall for cursive. At least that's what some people fear as schools across the ...

I went to the Thomas & Mack Center for a high school graduation ceremony, and I noticed that the program listed all 600 graduate’s names, written in cursive. Funny, because the Clark County School ...