Florida lawmakers have approved new legislation requiring elementary school students to be proficient in reading and writing ...

To understand why cursive writing seems to be a dying art, you have to go all the way back to…well, only 2007, actually. It ...

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an ...

If we are serious about improving outcomes, we must strengthen every foundational literacy skill, including handwriting.

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 ...

Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the flourishes, the art and the discipline that go into writing “longhand.” (Does anybody use that word anymore?) My late ...

Well, it’s finally over. My stint as a seventh grade English Language Arts co-teacher has come to an end, but not without a Finale. For weeks the students have been learning, and complaining, about ...

Sierra Rivera and her older sister, Dahlia, were thrilled at the idea of baking up a batch of their grandmother’s pumpkin cookies last month for Thanksgiving, but when their dad gave them the ...

I came across a young man recently, a fresh high school graduate who had just turned 18. He was excited about joining the American electorate as a first-time voter. So he went to his local clerk's ...