In this era of texting and laptop notetaking, cursive handwriting can seem like an old-timey throwback. It is in Seattle, where use of the elegant handwriting is encouraged but no longer required in ...

“I like how my pencil feels on the paper when I write it,” Evi said from her classroom at Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington. “It’s very loopy.” Evi and her classmates are learning the art of ...

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 ...

In 2016, California Democratic state Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva sat with then-California Gov. Jerry Brown at an event where he signed baseball-type cards featuring the image of his dog, Colusa.

To the editor - Re: The Nov. 15 article. Learning cursive writing in school is the basis for being a good writer and speaker of the English language. In addition to writing capital and lower case ...

"Today more and more I meet high school students who, though they can read, sometimes well and sometimes poorly, are ashamed whenever they are confronted with the need to sign a document." On the back ...

SEATTLE – 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 ...

Suzanne Baruch Asherson is a occupational therapist at the Beverly Hills Unified School District in California and a national presenter for Handwriting Without Tears, an early childhood education ...

I can tell which of my three sisters has sent me a card by the handwriting on the front of the envelope. We all learned the same cursive style in elementary school, when the subject was taught every ...

Legislation that requires cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools was approved by the state House of Representatives, according to the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Dane Watro, R-116, ...

In 2016, California Democratic state Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva sat with then-California Gov. Jerry Brown at an event where he signed baseball-type cards featuring the image of his dog, Colusa ...