Fourth-grade student Mandela Jones practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena last week. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) In California, students between first and ...

In California, students between first and sixth grade will learn to write in cursive under a new state law. Yes, cursive. But is cursive a skill that students or adults actually need? Try out these ...

ATLANTA — In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through fifth graders will learn again how to do just that. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson ...

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

At Holmes Middle School in Alexandria, the after-school Cursive Club meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Since the club started ...

Today is National Handwriting Day! When you think of handwriting, you may think of the way you write your name or your penmanship during notetaking but what about the way you write? In today’s time, ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority from ...

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 ...