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 / ...

Bay District Schools discusses new cursive writing requirements.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remember all the loops, curls, and swirls involved with learning how to write in cursive? Well, movies aren't the only thing that ...

Twelve-year-old Sandi Chandee wants to be a doctor when she grows up. But that’s not why she memorized one of the longest medical terms in the English language ...

There is plenty of scientific evidence indicating that writing by hand is an important skill. Compared to typing, writing by hand seems to activate the brain in ways that help you process and remember ...

California has enacted a law requiring schools to teach cursive writing. For years, learning cursive was considered an outdated and unnecessary skill, but the heavy reliance on technology has led to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pennsylvania is considering legislation that mandates cursive instruction in public schools. Angela Guthrie/iStock via Getty ...

"Here, as in many countries, the general approach to teaching writing is based on tradition rather than on educational research that has proven benefits," says the professor. The study, conducted in ...

To the editor: As a 77-year-old who won my school’s penmanship competition in fourth grade, I’m pretty happy that California kids will be learning cursive handwriting. (“Learning cursive in school, ...

In response to a growing trend where public schools are dropping the teaching of cursive, I wrote a blog post defending the value of learning cursive. 1 The new Common Core standards, adopted by 45 ...